Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A chain of small coral and limestone islands and reefs extending about 240 km (150 mi) in a southwestward arc from south of Miami to Key West. The Keys are popular tourist resorts noted for their fishing and tropical vegetation.
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The cerulean waters of the Florida Keys are a long way from Gulf of Mexico rsquo;s northern end, yet oil from last summer rsquo;s tragic Deepwater Horizon...
Sarah Chasis: Florida Keys & the Gulf Oil Disaster: Stories Shared and Lessons Learned Sarah Chasis 2010
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The cerulean waters of the Florida Keys are a long way from Gulf of Mexico’s northern end, yet oil from last summer’s tragicDeepwater Horizon spill might have reached them, if not for a serendipitous event - an ocean eddy obstructed the Gulf’s Loop Current, which typically cycles water south from the Louisiana coast out between the Florida Keys and Cuba.
Sarah Chasis: Florida Keys & the Gulf Oil Disaster: Stories Shared and Lessons Learned Sarah Chasis 2010
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The cerulean waters of the Florida Keys are a long way from Gulf of Mexico’s northern end, yet oil from last summer’s tragicDeepwater Horizon spill might have reached them, if not for a serendipitous event - an ocean eddy obstructed the Gulf’s Loop Current, which typically cycles water south from the Louisiana coast out between the Florida Keys and Cuba.
Sarah Chasis: Florida Keys & the Gulf Oil Disaster: Stories Shared and Lessons Learned Sarah Chasis 2010
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The cerulean waters of the Florida Keys are a long way from Gulf of Mexico rsquo;s northern end, yet oil from last summer rsquo;s tragic Deepwater Horizon...
Sarah Chasis: Florida Keys & the Gulf Oil Disaster: Stories Shared and Lessons Learned Sarah Chasis 2010
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The Florida Keys are a partial barrier between the warm-temperate waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical to subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean to their south.
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: The Florida Keys were a haven for pirates until Commodore David Porter drove them out in 1823.
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: The Florida Keys were a haven for pirates until Commodore David Porter drove them out in 1823.
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The Florida Keys has been their home since April 18, when they and 23 other pilot whales stranded themselves in the shallow waters.
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Its eastern coast-line, comparatively regular, is 470 miles long; it is paralleled almost its entire length by sand reefs which enclose an inland waterway, and its outline is prolonged in the chain of coral and sandy islets known as the Florida Keys, which extend 200 miles in a south-westerly direction, terminating in the Tortugas.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The Florida Keys is a melting pot for everyone and everything.
WN.com - Articles related to Florida seen at risk from Caribbean dengue epidemic 2010
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