Transcript Everglades National Park

Everglades National
Park
By Jake Corbett
Location
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Region-Southeast
State-Florida
Capital-Tallahassee
Longitude-80.7°N
Latitude-26.0°W
Park Facts
 The park was established in 1947, by
Harry S. Truman.
 Marjory Stone Douglas was trying to
save the Everglades.
Landforms Everglades NP
• Ten Thousand Island
• In the northwest quadrant of the park
• Island Royal palm , Gumbo Limbo Trail
, Flamingo
Culture
 Over 4,000 years ago many settlers lived
in the Everglades
Culture Details
 Tequesta and Calusa
 1st settlers
 Lived
 Spanish explorers
 Early 1500’s searching for gold
 Set up mission to Indians to Christianity
 Seminole
 Lived in 1800’s
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Waterways
• The Everglades takes up 5,000 miles that
is why it is one of the largest swamp
areas in the world.
River of Grass
Waterway Details
 Swamp
-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
-12’0’’
 Rivers
-One of the rivers is called Shark River Chickee
Rocks and Minerals
 There is limestone and sand is at the
bottom of the Everglades rivers , lakes ,
and swamps.
Rock 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 are found
at the bottom of the Everglades.