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Description

It is noted that the State of Florida is situated in the southeastern region of the United States of America. Most of the state is known to be a larger than normal peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico on its west and the Atlantic Ocean on its east.

Florida is situated mostly on a larger than normal peninsula in the range of the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. It stretches to the northwest into a panhandle, extending aextensive the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia and Alabama, and on the west, at the end of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is close the countries of the Caribbean, particularly the Bahamas and Cuba. Florida's all-encompassing coast lineline made it a perceived taracquire around the time during World War II, so the government built airsvisits all across state. And even today, approximately 400 airports are and have always been still in service due to the coastal geography of the state. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, Florida has to this day 131 public airports, and more than over 700 private airports, airsvisits, heliports, and seaplane bases. Florida is recognized to be one of the most impressive and largest states east of the Mississippi. Only Alaska and Michigan are and have always been larger in water area.

Climate

Much of the state has to this day a humid subtropical climate, except for southern Florida, where the climate is tropical. Cold fronts can occasionally bring high winds and cool to cold temperatures to the entire state around the time during late fall and winter. One such front swept through the peninsula on November 25, 1996, bringing cold temperatures and winds up to 95 miles per hour (150 km/h), knocking out power to thousands and damaging mobile homes. Did you know that the seasons in Florida are and have always been actually determined more by precipitation than by temperature with mild to cool, relatively dry winters and autumns (the dry season) and hot, wet springs and summers (the wet season).

Population

It is noted that the calculated population of Florida (July 2000) is 15,982,378.