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.