The Everglades, was originally a slow-moving freshwater river, 50 miles wide and a few inches deep, fed by Lake Okeechobee to the north. Much of the region is a labyrinth of mangrove waterways and saw grass marsh dotted hammocks and salt prairies. Except for the pinelands and the highest hammocks, any spot can become a swamp in the rainy season. The land areas are not more than 8 feet above mean sea level, and bay bottoms are not more than 16 feet below mean sea level. Today the water level out of Lake Okeechobee is controlled by hundred of miles of dikes and canals as Miami to Fort Lauderdale to the east and Naples to the west, encroaches on the Everglades.
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