By Christian D `Agostino

• Region – Southeast• State – Florida• Capital – Tallahassee• Latitude – 25.31°N• Longitude – 84.94°W

Landforms

The Everglades are made up of one landform.Pa-hay-oke is what the Indians call grassy waters.Flat area of land (grasslands).Limestone rocks make up the ground in the Everglades.

Culture

• There are lots of cultures that went to the Everglades.

• American Indians were the first people to come to the Everglades.

• In the early 1500’s Spanish explorers came to Florida looking for gold.

• Marjory Stoneman Douglas was one of the first people to see the need to protect the area.

Waterways

• The Everglades biggest problem is the loss of water.

• A canal system is draining the water from the area.

• Water loss is changing the parks ecosystem.

• The canals also change the water flow from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades.

Rocks and Minerals

• Rocks and minerals found in Everglades National Park date back millions of years.

• Millions of years ago, glaciers covered most of North America.

• The resulting spherical grain of limestone are called ooids.

• Shells, mud and sand hardened at the bottom of the ocean and formed limestone . Above this rock layer are the wetlands and grasslands that make up the Everglades.