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Wetlands. By: Cooper Garoni. What is a Wetland?. A special environment. Lots of different types: Dams. Lakes. Rivers. Ponds. Swamps. Springs. Creeks. Why are Wetlands Important?. Wetlands? increase water quality. Store flood water. Provide water for wildlife in the dry season.
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Wetlands By: Cooper Garoni
What is a Wetland? • A special environment. • Lots of different types: • Dams. • Lakes. • Rivers. • Ponds. • Swamps. • Springs. • Creeks
Why are Wetlands Important? Wetlands? • increase water quality. • Store flood water. • Provide water for wildlife in the dry season. • Filter our rivers. • Stop erosion. • Were tourists go. • Support business like fishing, tourist and farming. • Provide food for animals. • Lots of flora and fauna. • Good breeding place.
What Would You Find In a Wetland ? • People, camping, bird watching, canoeing, boating, fishing, hunting and bush walking. • Breeding places: Water birds, fish, frogs, reptiles and insects. • Birds from Northern Hemisphere that migrate to Victoria Wetlands. • Aborignal people (kimberly region). • Lilly flower. • Water plants. • Ducks. • Lilly pads. • Crayfish. • Snails. • Turtles. • Alligators
Where are Wetlands Located? • At Wonga Wetlands (Albury). • There are big ones and small wetlands all over the place. • Kimberly region (North – Western Australia) famous. • Murray – Darlin Basin. • Gulfof Carpentaria. • Ross river. • Didgeridoo lagoon. • Victoria Eleven Major Wetlands are: • Gippsland lakes. • Barmah forest. • Kerang wetlands.
How can we Protect Wetlands? • Don’t litter in Wetlands because plastic bags can kill animals. • Encourage people to make a wetland on there property. • Don’t pull trees out of our wetlands. • Victoria lost more than 37% of wetlands. • Government provides money for protecting wetlands. • Farmers look after wetlands on there property’s. • Keep researching wetlands.
Bibliography • Computer • www.wetlandcare.com.au • www.parkweb.vic.gov.au • www.wwf.org.au • www.reefed.edu.au