Freshwater-Swamp+period+8

period 8

**Facts/characteristics of the Biome:** //**2. shallow body of water in a low-lying, poorly drained depression, **// //**3. Swamp drainage also destroys the nesting areas of many wildlife species. **// //**4. Thus, environmentalists have urged, with increasing success, the slowing down of swamp drainage. **// //**5. There are a variety of local terms for swamps, including bog, marsh, fen, and moor. **// //**6. **//**Swamps contain a natural filtration system that cleans the water even better drainage //systems.//** //**7. **//**There are two types of swamps, forested and shrub swamps.** //**<-- Forested Swamp**// //**<-- Shrub Swamp**// //**8. **//[] //**9. A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. **// //**10. A swamp genrally has a large number of hammocks, or dryland protrusions **//
 * //1. swamps are freshwater.//**

**Location of the Biome**: //**1. generally in such places like low-lying coastal plains, floodplains of rivers, and old lake basins. **// //**2. In areas where normal drainage has been disrupted by glacial deposits. **// //**3. In the United States, swamps cover approximately 100,000 square miles **// //**4.most of them occurring as small swamps in northeastern states that were covered with glaciers in the past. **// //**5.The most extensive swamps are found along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. **// **Consumers/Animals living in the biome** : //**1. Lush vegetation provides great protection for nesting waterfowl and fish. **// //**2. It is also as well as a hospitable habitat for many types of small mammal such as beaver and otter. **// //**3. Most animals that live in swamps survive on the things in the swamp.**// //**4. Alligator, American Crocidile, Anaconda, Bald Eagle, Beaver, Black Bear, Bobcat, Caiman, Capybara, Common Egret, Copepod, Cougar, Coypu, Crane, Crayfish, Downy Woodpecker, Dragonfly, Earthworm, Fish, Flamingo, Fly, Frog, Great Blue heron, Great Egret, Mosquito, Muskret, Newt, Nutria, Pond Skater, Water Strider, Raccoon, Red-tailed Hawk, Red Wolf, River Otter, Scorpion, Shrimp, Snapping Turtle, Spectacled Caiman, Spider, Toads, White-Tailed Deer, and Zoo-plankton.**// Toad and Capybara 5. There are both water and land animals live in swamps. **Producers/Plants living in the biome:** //**1. Usually containing abundant plant growth dominated by trees, such as cypress, and high shrubs**//. //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">2. Swamp vegetation varies with climate. **// //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">3. Grasses, rushes, and sphagnum moss predominate in temperate climates; **// //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">4. Cypress and mangrove predominate in more tropical regions. **// //**5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Dominant vegetation consists of low-lying grasses, rushes, and sedges. **// ** Dominant (keystone) species in the biome: ** //**1. Mangrove crabs**// //**2. Alagators**// //**3. Pigmy RattleSnake**// //**4. Bald Eagle**// //**5. Frog-Toad**// **Average Temperature Range for the biome:** //**1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Swamps develop in moist climates. **// //**2. Its normally cool with some humidity**// //**3. It is sometimes really warm during the fall and summer seasons**// //**4. Very humid, because of trees that cover the tops of the swamps, not letting cool air through.**// //**5. You will never know a swamps climate because it all depends where the swamp is in the world.**// ** Annual Precipiation for the biome: ** ** Annual precipitation in most swamps are anywhere between 40-60 inches. ** ** Prezi- ** []