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Florida Everglades Essay

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Values of the Florida Everglades The Florida Everglades is a national park where animals live in harmony because of this thing called biodiversity. Biodiversity is a word commonly used to "describe the relative number of different species in an ecosystem." The everglades depend on its ecosystems, that’s how everything stays running and alive. Without the everglades, there wouldn't be as many species, the everglades houses these species and without it, many of them would be extinct or endangered. The everglades play a huge role in the survival of many different plant and animal species. Not only does the Everglades support animals and plants but also humans, the Everglades provides water to the cities and attracts tourists. One thing Florida is known for is its national parks like the …show more content…

In todays day and age the world runs on money which includes Florida, we need money for everything we need money to survive. In Florida, the Everglades is like out great wall its what we are known for and what help us when we are having money problems. As I said before the Everglades provides us with water, water that flows to the cities. Water is like money its something u can't live without. The human body needs water to function in one way or another you need to get water in you or your body will slowly shut down. According to Fun Facts" One out of three Floridians depends on the Everglades for water that seven million people." Without the Everglades, we might just be seven million people short. The Everglades also filters and cleans water from hurricanes and storms. Speaking of hurricanes and storms the Everglades protects us from them also from floodwaters. The Everglades is considered a wetland, Wetlands are very much relied on for their livelihood. Livelihood is important for hunting, fishing, and even researching. Hunting and fishing are

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