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Miami and Tampa get more rain than anywhere else in the continental US more than 60 inches of rain, arid is under 5 inches, not even close
I guess you have not spent any time in the interior parts of mid/south and the west coast barrier islands.I am quite aware of the rain fall in and around major cities ( I can not tell you why, I lived in Sarasota 5 years .When it comes to all points south of n. Florida ( Jacksonville was largest city in Florida, maybe still is ) many considered the bulk of this area uninhabitable for humans. Except for a few Florida " crackers" there was little outside of Tampa a few miles. Miami was not even on any serious map . Spain was OK with the sale to the US for this terrible place.
Phoenix is the biggest city without a navigable River.
DFW is the biggest metro without navigable water.
This is a list of biggest cities without navigable Rivers ranked according to size and lists distance to nearest navigable water:
Phoenix Gulf of Mexico (190 mi)
San Antonio Gulf of Mexico (140 mi)
Dallas Red River (70 mi)
Indianapolis Ohio River (90 mi)
Austin Gulf of Mexico (150 mi)
Columbus Ohio River (90 mi)
Fort Worth Red River (70 mi)
Charlotte Atlantic Ocean (190 mi)
Denver Colorado River (80 mi)
Nashville Ohio River (130 mi)
Phoenix is the biggest city without a navigable River.
DFW is the biggest metro without navigable water.
This is a list of biggest cities without navigable Rivers ranked according to size and lists distance to nearest navigable water:
Phoenix Gulf of Mexico (190 mi)
San Antonio Gulf of Mexico (140 mi)
Dallas Red River (70 mi)
Indianapolis Ohio River (90 mi)
Austin Gulf of Mexico (150 mi)
Columbus Ohio River (90 mi)
Fort Worth Red River (70 mi)
Charlotte Atlantic Ocean (190 mi)
Denver Colorado River (80 mi)
Nashville Ohio River (130 mi)
No way ! Phoenix to Corpus Christie is 1098 miles , care to restate that?
That is not correct. The Cumberland River is navigable for almost 200 river miles beyond Nashville.
There are locks at each dam, and a fair amount of barge traffic.
The South is well connected with waterways. The Cumberland river connects with the Tennessee, which connects with the Tombigee Waterway, then winds its way south to Demopolis, AB. then on to the Gulf at Mobile. This can be an alternate route to the north as well , to the the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
The South is well connected with waterways. The Cumberland river connects with the Tennessee, which connects with the Tombigee Waterway, then winds its way south to Demopolis, AB. then on to the Gulf at Mobile. This can be an alternate route to the north as well , to the the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Yep. There are actually river cruises that go between New Orleans and Nashville via the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
Yep. There are actually river cruises that go between New Orleans and Nashville via the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
There are also quite a few boaters from the Midwest that sail north from the Keys then enter the waterway at Mobile, dodging barge traffic then travel north to Demopolis where they dry dock waiting for another winter southbound trip back to Key West.
Florida is loaded with fresh water only 10' -20 ' below the surface in " pockets". Some of these underground " springs" surface. There are many lakes in Mid Florida connected, to provide a waterway for private plus commercial travel. It seems strange that Florida has so much water thats not salt from the ocean. I think the average elevation is around 6'. For the most part, Florida is an arid, desert climate almost everywhere in the interior, plus the barrier islands. If it were not for the low elevation the Everglades would not exist, in the middle of such a dry, dusty landscape.
Oh yea interior Florida is full of sand dunes and cacti with little rainfall. That has got to be the most ridiculous statement I've seen. The temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are what primarily make Florida humid.
FYI, the mean elevation of Florida is 100 ft, so your assumption was 94 ft off.
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That has got to be the most ridiculous statement I've seen. The temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico are what primarily make Florida humid.
