Everglades NP (Florida) - Pa-hay-okee - River of Grass
The Everglades (or Pa-hay-okee) is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles / 97 km wide and over 100 miles / 160 km long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state.
Everglades NP (Florida) - Pa-hay-okee - River of Grass
The Everglades (or Pa-hay-okee) is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles / 97 km wide and over 100 miles / 160 km long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state.