1. Everglades
By Becca Bowser

2. Location Everglades Dry Season Region-Southeast State-Florida
Capital-Tallahassee
Longitude-80°N
Latitude-25°E
Everglades Dry Season

3. Park Facts The park was established in 1947, by Harry S. Truman
Marjory Stone Douglas was trying to save the Everglades too

4. Landforms Ten Thousand Island Tree Islands
Located in the northwest quadrant of the national park
Islands takes up one fifth of the park
Some of the islands names are Gumbo Limbo Trail, Flamingo, Royal Palm, Loop road, Eco road and others
Covers 1,400,533 acres of the southwestern tip of Florida’s peninsula
Tree Islands
Some trees are mangrove
Clusters of trees form
River of Grass

5. Culture
Over 4,000years ago many settlers lived in the Everglades.

6. Culture Details Tequesta and Calusa Spanish explorers Seminole
Lived 4,000 years ago
1st settlers
Spanish explorers
Early 1500 searching for gold
Set up mission to Indians to Christianity
Seminole
1800 lived on area
Knew settlers wanted them to leave

7. Waterways
The Everglades takes up 5,000 miles that is why it is one of the largest swamp areas in the world.

8. Waterways Details Swamps Canals River
One of the swamps in the Everglades is Big Cypress.
40 miles wide, 100 miles long, 3 inches deep
Canals
Canals flow through Lake Okeechobee
River
One of the rivers is called Shark River Chickee

9. Rocks and Minerals
There is limestone and sand at the bottom of the Everglades.

10. Rocks and Minerals Details
Limestone
Limestone is the most found mineral in the Everglades
Sand
The Everglades has the tiniest bit of sand in it
Both
Limestone and a little bit of sand is at the bottom of the Everglades