Rivers & Springs
by:christian alba
Rivers and Springs
Rivers and Springs are mainly sand and sometimes can be limestone,silt,and clay.
Rivers
Most Rivers are slow moving and some get you stuck in the current.
Springs
Springs are my personal favorite and may be yours or not any ways springs are artesian.
Vocabulary
fauna:a place were plants and animals live.
Kelly Park Rock Springs Wekiva in Apopka, FL
A tour of rock springs.
Trip down the Mississippi River
A documentary of the mississippi river states that it goes through
Animals of rivers and springs/biotic
Fish,birds,leeches,alligators/crocodiles,snakes,manatees,bull sharks,turtles,crayfish,
ducks,dolphins,bears,otters,mud wasps,frogs/toads,salamanders,raccoons,and many more
This is a snakehead fish they are very rare to find but they are illegal to keep as pets and and if you catch one kill it immediately and bring it to a police station
Casting Toman,Giant Snakehead Attack !
This is a video of a guy who caught a snakehead
Snakeheads
Snakeheads are very aggressive as you will see in the video above and the law is trying to make them instinct so they can't harm us anymore but some people disagree with law and keep them as pets when they are found with a snakehead they will put in jail and the snake head will be killed.
Memorable Snakehead Thailand 2013
This is one of the biggest snakeheads i've ever seen
This is a web site of endangered river and spring animals
This is a web site that has all of the rivers in florida on it.
pollution
In most rivers there have been boat crashes so when they crash the oil floats on the water and when fish and birds move around the get covered in oil and thats bad for them for fish when they come up for air they get oil in them because it is right above the water.
Sunken Ship Revealed on Mississippi
This is a video of a sunken ship in world war 2 and has been revealed due to low tides.
This site is about a bunch of facts for rivers
I if you have any questions about springs press the link above
abiotic
- Rocks
- water
- wind
- humidity
- sunlight
- nutrients
- pollution(mainly in rivers)
- dirt,sand,and more
River Monsters-Hooking a Bull Shark
You guys this is my favorite t.v show river monsters and this is jeremy wade catching a freshwater bull shark
cool facts
Of 24 major rivers. 21 flow south or west to the gulf,2 flow north and east to the atlantic,and 1 flows south to lake okeechobee.
How to catch Logan River Bull Sharks
This is about how to catch a fresh water bullshark and then cook it.
Plants in rivers and springs.
- black gum
- bladderwort
- button bush
- cattail
- cottonwood
- pickerelweed
- red maple
- wild rice
Human impact negative
- humans cause pollution
- flows modifications
- excotic species
- harvesting
human impact positive
- they help clean the rivers and springs