14 Fun Facts About Florida's Everglades: A 15-Minute Book: Educational Version

Water once covered most of Florida. It created vast sawgrass prairies, eerie swamps and smelly mangrove forests. The area was considered useless and impenetrable, full of poisonous snakes, alligators and mosquitoes. It is more than that.
The Everglades is a wonder of nature. It is a blending of ecosystems that are sustained by the environment and the animals that live there.
Do you know the answers to these questions?
What lake feeds the Everglades?
How many seasons does the Everglades have?
How much water falls in the Everglades each year?
What are some of the differences between alligators and crocodiles that live in the Everglades?

Find out more about this fascinating place and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.

All measurements in American and metric.
Ages 8 and up.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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