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Ecoscenario: Everglades National Park 4/16/03 3:15 PM Precipitation in the Everglades falls mostly during the wet season. Wet and dry seasons are distinct. The temperature during the wet season averages about 27°C (80°F). Humidity is generally high and can be 90% or more during the wet season, which means the air is almost saturated with water vapor. Much of the moisture the Everglades receive through the year is lost to evaporation, transpiration, and runoff. During the dry season, between November and April, the water levels slowly drop. The temperature in the dry season averages about 21°C (70°F). file:///Ecoscenario/everglades/content.html Page 5 of 17
Ecoscenario: Everglades National Park 4/16/03 3:15 PM Temperatures are warm in the Everglades year-round. Southern Florida is very flat, with the highest elevation only 2.5 meters (8 feet) above sea level. Because the terrain is so flat, the overflowing water from Lake Okeechobee creates a wide, shallow, slow-moving river as it flows down the gentle slope to the south. The sheetlike flow through the Everglades is called laminar flow. At places, the river is 80 kilometers (50 miles) wide, but only 0.3–0.9 meters (1–3 feet) deep. It moves up to 30 meters (100 feet) per day during the wet season, with very little, if any, flow during the dry season. The flat terrain is interrupted by small hammocks, or islands, in the river. The substrate of the Everglades is primarily limestone bedrock, overlaid with marl and peat. Drainage is poor in many areas. file:///Ecoscenario/everglades/content.html Page 6 of 17
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