| Snapper Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
 Snapper Creek east of the Florida Turnpike | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Everglades |
| • elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Matheson Hammock Park |
• elevation | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Length | 4 mi (6.4 km) |
| Basin size | 120 mi2 (310 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 800 cu ft/s (23 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Everglades |
TheSnapper Creek is acreek in theU.S. state ofFlorida that drains out of theEverglades intoBiscayne Bay atBiscayne National Park. It is a 4-mile (6.4 km) long creek 15 miles (24 km) south ofDowntown Miami, running through thesuburbs ofKendall andCoral Gables inmetropolitanMiami. The creek extends from Biscayne Bay inland to the Snapper Creek Canal, which extends 10 miles (16 km) further to the Everglades.
Originally shallow in depth, the westernmost parts of creek have since beendredged and the original river connected to acanal system. This effort was spearheaded as a part offlood mitigation efforts in the 1940s by theFlorida State Board of Conservation, who lobbied for the creation ofSouth Florida Water Management District in 1948. The flood protection system intensified after extensive flooding inSouth Florida following the1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane and the population explosion in Greater Miami and subsequenturban sprawl followingWorld War II.
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