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The Everglades Story

snowy egret

For 160 kilometers, this “river of grass”

adj. having only a short distance from the top to the bottom
swamps
shallow
was calm and shallow with swamps, ponds, wood stork

n. a wetland; an area covered with water and which has trees and grasses growing in it
Mangrove trees
and little islands. Mangrove trees, vines, tree frog

n. a tropical tree that grows in swampy areas with roots which are above the round
and orchids grew there. People gave this

wide river of grass a name: the Everglades.

Florida panther

alligator

Unit 12 | The Everglades Story