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Major Roads
Biscayne Bay Sub-Regions
SFWMD Canals
Land Areas
Biscayne Bay Benthic Habitats
Continuous Seagrass
Patchy (Discontinuous) Seagrass
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Hardbottom
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Inland Water
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Platform Margin Reef
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Figure 6 BFA Approximate South-Central Biscayne Bay Sub-Region
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OCEAN
TURKEY POINT
Source: http://ocean.floridamarine.org
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! Water Quality Stations
" Structure Flow Sites
Major Roads
Biscayne Bay Sub-Regions
SFWMD Canals
Land Areas
Biscayne Bay Benthic Habitats
Continuous Seagrass
Patchy (Discontinuous) Seagrass
Hardbottom with seagrass
Hardbottom
Bare Substrate
Inland Water
Patch Reef
Platform Margin Reef
Uninterpretable/Uninterpreted
Figure 7 BFA Approximate Southern Biscayne Bay Sub-Region
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Source: http://ocean.floridamarine.org
Biscayne Bay Characteristics
Freshwater Flow and Ecological Relationships in Biscayne Bay 2-10
Snake Creek/Oleta River
Located at the far northern end of Biscayne Bay, this sub-region extends
approximately 4.8 miles from the Broward/Miami-Dade County line southward
to Oleta River State Park and Haulover Beach Park (Figure 2). This area includes
Dumfoundling Bay, Maule Lake, and the Oleta River. The Bay is extremely
narrow in this area; there are no direct connections to marine waters, and the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW), which is maintained at a depth of -10
ft. MLW. Seagrasses are largely absent from this sub-region, with the exception
of narrow grassbeds that fringe the few shoreline areas where there are no