Largest Watercourt More Than Seven Times Size of Basketball Court (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Largest Watercourt More Than Seven Times Size of Basketball Court

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The "West Court" marked in this LiDAR map of Mound Key, the capital of the Calusa kingdom, is more than 36,000 square feet, more than seven times the size of an NBA basketball court. These courts were engineered with knowledge of tides and fish biology.

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Victor Thompson et al.

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