ESTUARIES, MANGROVE SWAMPS & SALT MARSHES

1. Read the article about Wetlands2. Answer the questions that go

along with the article3. Turn in when finished

WETLANDS

Vocabulary• Wetland – place where land and water come

together• Swamp – track of low-lying ground in which

water collects• Bog – piece of wet, spongy ground, consisting

of decayed moss and other plants• Marsh – low land covered at times by water• Mangrove – type of tropical trees or shrubs

having branches that send down many roots which look like additional trunks

ESTUARIES

MANGROVE FORESTS

SALT MARSHES

What is a Watershed?watershed drainage basin animation

NORTH CAROLINA WATERSHEDS (drainage basins)

Drainage basin, or watershed- all the land that drains into the river

Divide- high land that separates one drainage basin from another

River Basin Project• Research two watersheds in North

Carolina by answering the following 7 questions–Your research will be collected

• Pick one watershed to make a brochure–Your brochure will be collected

Answer the following questions for two river basins on your table

1. What is the name of your river basin?2. Where is the river basin?3. How many miles of streams and rivers are

included in the basin?4. How many people live in the basin?5. Describe the river basin (at least 5 sentences).6. Describe 4 environmental issues in the basin and

what is being done about it.7. List 2-3 important places/landforms in the river

basin. Create a brochure for one basin