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The Everglades |
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The Everglades
By Cindy Grigg |
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1 All the living things and nonliving things in a particular area make up an ecosystem. One very special ecosystem in the United States is the Florida Everglades. This wetland biome or ecosystem was formed by the Kissimmee River flowing into Lake Okeechobee and spilling southward over its banks, forming the broad Everglades wetlands. The water may only be a few inches deep, but it covers areas as wide as fifty miles.