ESTUARY

Location

• near the coast sea
• water meets freshwater
• example: bays, swamp, and mud flat

Climate

• dry and wet season
• temperature varies
• little rainfall throughout the year
• the averages 314 mm rainfall

Types of Vegetation

• mangrove trees
• pickeweed
• spartinal (cord grass)
• seagrass
• spike grass

Types of Animals

• worms and mussels
• shrimp
• geese
• blue crabs

Plants adaptations

• cord grass has fitlers in its roots
• some plants expets excess salt through
• some plants remove amount of salt that they don't need

Animals adaptation

• estuary creatures become active at night
• behavior adaqptation
• blue crabs mate in settle per year
• some animals has lay eggs in salt water

Citiation

• http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/sandy/indexfr.htm
• oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/estuary.html

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