Transcript Landforms

By : Kate Ducoff
Location
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Region - Southeast
State - Florida
Capital – Tallahassee
Longitude – 80.94°W
Latitude – 44.6°N
Florida bay
Landforms
• The Everglades is a flat area of land
known as grasslands.
• Pahayokee is what the Indians called
grassy waters.
• Limestone rocks make up the ground in
the Everglades
• The Everglades is made up of 1 landform.
Culture
• American Indians were the 1st people to come to
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the Everglades
In the early 1500s Spanish explorers came to
the Everglades looking for gold.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was one of the 1st
people to see the need to protect the area.
There were lots of cultures that came to the
Everglades.
Waterways
River of
grass
• A canal system is draining water from the
area.
• The water loss is changing the parks
ecosystem.
• The canal also changes the water flow
from lake Okeechobee to the Everglades.
• The Everglades biggest problem is loss of
water.
Rocks and Minerals
Everglades
Dry season
• Millions of years ago glaciers covered the
Everglades.
• The resulting spherical grains of limestone
are called ooids.
• Shells, mud and sand formed at the
bottom of the ocean to form limestone
which makes up the Everglades.
• Rock and minerals in the everglades date
back millions of years.
Culture Now
• Between 1817 and 1858 the United States and
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the seminole fought 3 wars over the land.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was one of the 1st
people to see the need to protect the area.
In the early 1500s Spanish explorers came to
Florida looking for gold.
In time people in the Everglades has changed