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Why Should You Choose Okefenokee Swamp By Laura Strong Bianca De Carpio Michelle Mendieta

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Why Should You Choose Okefenokee Swamp. By Laura Strong Bianca De Carpio Michelle Mendieta. Swamps are Everywhere The Okefenokee Swamp is in the U.S. Very scattered light is let through. It has very murky water. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Why Should You Choose Okefenokee Swamp

By Laura StrongBianca De CarpioMichelle Mendieta

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Swamps are EverywhereThe Okefenokee Swamp is in

the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Okefenokeelocatormap.png
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Very scattered light is let through.

It has very murky water.

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Average Annual Temperature is 68F for Okefenokee, lower than most swamps which are

89F.

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Swamps have very slow-moving waters & are

drained for agricultural land.

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Swamps introduce color-changing nutrients into

water sources.

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Very Complex W

ebs are Easy to Change

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There are two carnivorous plant populations in

Okefenokee

Bladderwort Pitcher Plant

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Swamps are threatened by draining for agricultural

reasons, causing extreme flooding.

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All mangroves use a complex root system to filter salt out and receive enough oxygen

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Mangroves provide nursery areas for fish, food for deer,

tree-climbing

crabs, and nectar for

bats & honeybees


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