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,
但是大沼泽地不仅仅是公园； 它是一整片流域， 一整片发源于北方湖泊的基西米河流域， 当夏天雨季来临， 倾盆大雨注入奥科乔比湖， 奥科乔比湖水满涨时，会漫过堤岸 顺着地势缓慢地向南方流去， 最后进入青草之湖—— 索格拉斯大草原， 在进入大片松柏林之前，