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