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A Virtual Fieldtrip Created by Autumn Huey

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The Florida Everglades. A Virtual Fieldtrip. Created by Autumn Huey. Where is it?. Southern Florida West of Miami. http://www.everglades.national-park.com/location.htm. What is it?. Wetlands A combination of fresh water and saw grass. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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A Virtual Fieldtrip

Created by Autumn Huey

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• Southern Florida• West of Miami

http://www.everglades.national-park.com/location.htm

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• Wetlands• A combination of

fresh water and saw grass

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/everglades/FEeverglades1.html

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• Usually warm or hot year-round

• Usually humid and sticky

• Great deal of rain and thunderstorms, especially in the summer

http://www.everglades.national-park.com/weather.htm

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• Major landscape in Everglades

• Shallow waters• Plains covered with

saw grass, which can get up to 6 ft. tall!!

• 60 miles wide and 300 miles long http://www.nrdc.org/water/everglades/qever.asp

Saw Grasshttp://www.sfwmd.gov/org/wrp/wrp_evg/2_wrp_evg_info/photos/hires/img0056.jpg

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• Like a labyrinth of tangled trees

• Alligators, crocodiles, sea turtles, and manatees make their homes here

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0214223/bhflorafauna.html

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ev/flora/

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• Made up of Florida slash pine trees

• Rocky and rough• Raccoons, reef

gecko, opossums panthers, owls, etc. live here

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ev/flora/ Slash Pines

http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.ever1974.html

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• Trees grow on limestone mounds

• Oak, mahogany, and gumbo-limbo trees

• Home to racoons, snakes, tree frogs, deer, rabbits, bobcats, etc.

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ev/flora/

http://www.eng.fiu.edu/cegrad/g_photo.htm

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• Made up of 100 keys

• Shallow waters• Many different

species of birds live here

• Crocodiles, sharks, sea turtles, and dolphins make their homes in the bay also

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0214223/bhflorafauna.html

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ev/flora/

http://www.env.duke.edu/wetland/hyflbay.htm

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Hope you enjoyed your trip!

                                                                                                               

                               

http://www.greenworks.tv/watershed_weekly/nationals/florida.html