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Freshwater is defined as having a low salt concentration, usually less than 1%. Plants and animals in freshwater regions are adjusted to the low salt content and would not be able to survive in areas of high salt concentration. There are different types of freshwater regions. It may have any climate. It is a very cool biome. Lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams are freshwater habitats. So are swamps, bogs, and marshes .  Lumped together, these ecosystems contain all the water in the world that is not frozen, essentially salt-free, as well as accessible to humans. Angel Falls Angel Falls is one the many places of the freshwater biome. Angel Falls is 3212 feet tall. It is the world’s highest waterfall. Angel Falls is found in Venezuela within an isolated jungle so the only way to reach it is by plane then on boat. It was named after Jimmy Angel who discovered the falls in 1933. The falls feed into the Churun River and are feed by Kerep River. Angel Falls has 47 drops and the longest is 2,647 feet. Angel Falls drops over the mountain of Auyantepui. Not much water falls all the way to the bottom, most is carried away by the wind as mist or evaporates. By: Olivia Engl

Khalieb Garthwaite Niagra Falls

The Niagara River, which flows into Niagara falls, as is the entire Great Lakes Basin of which the river is an integral part, is a legacy of the last Ice Age. 18,000 years ago southern Ontario was covered by ice sheets 2-3 kilometers thick. As they advanced southward the ice sheets gouged out the basins of the Great Lakes. Then as they melted northward for the last time they released vast quantities of meltwater into these basins. Our water is "fossil water"; less than one percent of it is renewable on an annual basis, the rest leftover from the ice sheets.

Nick Appleby - Triberg Waterfalls Of the millions of freshwater locations, the Triberg waterfall is a great example of a freshwater water source. These are the highest falls in Germany! There is a descent of 163 meters! Triberg falls is between 711 and 872 meters above sea level. The Triberg waterfalls are located in the Black Forest. In short, the Triberg waterfall is an amazing freshwater source.

Allegheny River geography- Terry Cramer

The mighty Allegheny River is an important tributary to the Ohio River and is located in the Eastern United States. The Allegheny River is about 325 miles long and runs through New York and Pennsylvania. The Allegheny River starts in central Potter County and ends at the point of Point State Park where it joins the Monongahela River to form the Ohio River. The Allegheny River is great for fishing, boating, and swimming. The river drains a rural plateau that is 11,580 square miles in diameter. As all rivers do the Allegheny has tributaries. Some of these tributaries are Olean Creak, Great Valley Creak, Little Valley Creak, and Brokenstraw Creak.

Lake Superior - Justin Taylor The deepest point of Lake Superior is 1300 feet. It is 350 miles long and 160 miles wide. It is 10000 years of age. It contains 10% of the world’s fresh surface water and there is 3000000000000000 or 3 quadrillion gallons of water in Lake Superior. The average annual water temperature is 40 degrees. The sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge in the summer.



· South of East Siberia · Strong winds that may become serious · 454 m above sea level · 1640 m deep · average annual temperature of the water at the surface of the lake is +4°C. · in summer it can reach +16°-17°C Public Service Announcement

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