TheEvergladesTheEvergladesbyNormanStevensbyNormanStevensCover,©RolfW.Hapke/zefa/Corbis;p.3,©CharlesO.Cecil/VisualsUnlimited;pp.4–5,©TIMFITZHARRIS/MindenPictures;p.6,©agefotostock/SuperStock;p.7,p.10,©KevinFleming/CORBIS;pp.8-9,©JamesJ.Stachecki/AnimalsAnimals;p.9,©JamesRobinson/AnimalsAnimals;p.11,©PhotoDisc/PunchStock;p.12(t)©Rob&AnnSimpson/VisualsUnlimited,(b)©JohnPontier/AnimalsAnimals,(c)U.S.FishandWildlifeService;p.13,©BethDavidow/VisualsUnlimited;p.14,©RandyWells/GettyImages.Cartography,p.5,JoeLeMonnierCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinChinaISBN10:0-15-350498-6ISBN13:978-0-15-350498-3OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350333-5(Grade3Below-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350333-7(Grade3Below-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357485-2(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357485-6(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891098512111009080706TheEvergladesTheEvergladesTheEvergladesinFloridaisaplacemadeupofwaterandmarshgrasses.ItisthelargestwildplaceinthewarmregionoftheUnitedStates.TheEvergladessheltersmanykindsofplantsandanimals.Alligators,bobcats,anddeeralllivethere.3ManythinktheEvergladesisabigswamp.Thatisnottrue.Waterdoesnotmoveinaswamp.WaterintheEvergladesflowsfromLakeO...
