• Key Information

  • Everglades

  • Type
    Tropical Wetlands
  • Area
    7,800 square miles
  • Hottest Temperature
    90 °F
  • Coldest Temperature
    30 °F
  • Other Names
    River of Grass, Pahokee (Grassy Water)
  • Learning Point
  • The Everglades are a large are of wetlands formed from water leaving Lake Okeechobee, forming a wide, slow moving river that keeps the area waterlogged through much of the wet season.
  • Project
  • Draw the wetlands of the Everglades with some of the wildlife we can see there.
  • Location
  • Located in
    Florida, United States
  • Fun Facts
  • The Everglades are sometimes called the "River of Grass" because of the slow moving water that passes through the wetlands.
  • The slow, broad river that causes this flow of water is known as "sheetflow" because it is broader than a typical river.
  • The water moves at about half a mile per day, as the gradiant is 2 inches per mile.
  • The water moves southeast because of the barrier created by the rock formations on the eastern side of Florida from Fort Lauderdale to south of Miami.