But the Everglades is not just a park; it's an entire watershed, starting with the Kissimmee chain of lakes in the north, and then as the rains would fall in the summer, these downpours would flow into Lake Okeechobee, and Lake Okeechobee would fill up and it would overflow its banks and spill southward, ever slowly, with the topography, and get into the river of grass, the Sawgrass Prairies, before meting into the cypress slews,
しかしエバーグレーズは ただの自然公園ではありません 広大な流域であり 北部キシミーの湖群に始まり 夏に降った雨が オキーチョビー湖へと流れ込み オキーチョビー湖が満ちると 湖畔へと溢れ 南へと地形に沿って ゆっくりと流れ 草の川 ススキの草原に至り 糸杉の湿地へと溶け込みます