Major Landforms of Florida: Plains, Keys, Everglades, and Forests

Florida's major landforms include the Atlantic Coastal Plain (low-lying, sandy, covering north and east, home to Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando), the Gulf Coast Plain (similar but with different rock, covering west and south, includes Miami Beach, Fort Myers, Naples), the Florida Keys (coral and limestone islands off the southern tip, unique ecosystem), the Everglades (vast southern wetland with sawgrass, mangroves, pinelands, alligators, panthers), and the Ocala National Forest (central Florida pine and hardwood forests, swamps, black bears, deer).