Lakes

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Lakes
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Lakes

• Lakes are a large body of water surrounded by
  land.
• Lakes receive water from rain, other rivers and
  streams flowing into it, and humans adding water
  to it.
• Lakes lose water from evaporation and when people
  take water out of it.
• Some lakes are small and some can be the size of
  a state.

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Lake Martin

• Lake Martin is located in Tallapoosa County,
  Elmore County, and Coosa County in Alabama.
• Lake Martin is a man made lake.
• The temperature during the summer months exceeds
  90 degrees F. The temperature during the winter
  months are normally between 35- 43 degrees F.

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Map of Lake Martin
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Lake Martin in 2007
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Lake Martin

• Lake Martin contains
• Black Crappie
• Largemouth Bass
• Flathead Catfish
• Spotted Bass
• Stripped Bass
• Bluegill
• Channel Catfish
• Redear Sunfish-

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Great Salt Lake

• The Great Salt Lake is located in Salt Lake City,
  Utah.
• The only way the Great Salt Lake looses water is
  evaporation.
• It has salt in the lake and receives the salt
  from lakes and rivers.
• The Great Salt Lake is cold in the winter months
  but doesnt freeze, and warm during the summer
  months.

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Map of Great Salt Lake
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Great Salt Lake

• Fish cannot live in the Great Salt Lake because
  of the salt but it does have different birds that
  live near it.
• Wilsons Phalarope
• American Avocet
• Black- Necked Stilt
• Marbled Godwit
• Snowy Plover
• White- Faced Ibis
• Bald Eagle
• American White Pelican
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pink Floyd Flamingo

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Rivers
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Where Does a River Begin?

• Many rivers begin in mountains.
• Rivers begin from springs, rainfall, or melting
  snow. The small streams flow together to form one
  large river.
• The beginning of a river is called a SOURCE.

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The Middle of a River

• A river flowing quickly through steep mountains
  cuts a V-shaped valley into the ground.
• The river in the valleys slow down and become
  wider.
• The river then begins to MEANDER (bend from
  side to side).

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Do Rivers End?

• Rivers flow slowly toward the ocean.
• The place where a river joins an ocean or a lake
  is called the river MOUTH.

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The Chattahoochee River

• The Chattahoochee River runs from the
  Chattahoochee Spring in the mountains of
  northeast Georgia, and down the Georgia/Alabama
  state line.

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Where is the Chattahoochee River?
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The Mississippi River

• The Mississippi is the second longest river in
  the United States, at a length of 2, 320 miles.
• Its SOURCE is Lake Itasca in Minnesota and its
  MOUTH is in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Where is the Mississippi River?
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Why are Rivers Important?

• Rivers are important to all living things
  people, animals, and plants all use water from
  rivers.
• They were first used for hunting and fishing
• Use boats to get around from one place to another
• Rivers provide homes for many living things
  (plants, fish, and animals)

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Animals found by Rivers

• Animals that live near fast moving rivers
• Trout
• Dipper (bird)
• Animals that live near clam rivers
• Turtles
• Fish
• Frogs
• Alligators
• Crocodiles