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Why can changes in the Kissimmee basin affect South Florida wetlands?

Lake Okeechobee has no hydrologic connections
All watersheds stop at county boundaries
The Kissimmee system drains only to Alaska
Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades

Lake Okeechobee has no hydrologic connections
All watersheds stop at county boundaries
The Kissimmee system drains only to Alaska
Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades

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Water pathways connect the basin, Lake Okeechobee and downstream Everglades is correct. The Kissimmee-Lake Okeechobee-Everglades connections make upstream changes consequential for downstream conditions.

The Everglades are a connected watershed, not just the land inside Everglades National Park.

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