Informative Speech About Freshwater

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Have you ever wondered how was it like to live in the freshwater biome? I’m going to tell you some interesting things about thies biome. Surprisingly, only one fifth of the of the earth are freshwater biomes, and only 3% of the water on Earth. Freshwater is located on every continent even Antarctica. I selected this biome because I know that we need freshwater, and I wanted to know where we get it from and who effect by taking it. Next, I will talk to you what the environment is like in the freshwater biome.

The environment in the Freshwater biome is very unique in its features. So, it is obvious that in this biome there is no weather or storms like on the land. The temperature usually the temperature 75 to 65 degrees fahrenheit in the summer and 45 to 32 degrees in the winter in most regions. And, there are no major storms besides raging rivers and the changes in the water temperature according to the seasons. The seasons are important to the water’s temperature. Rain is one of most important thing to this biome although it only has 1% of rainfall fills the freshwater
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The most common plants in the freshwater biome are algae, reeds, underwater plants, and phytoplankton. These plants are important because herbivores and omnivores need them to start basic life because these are found in almost every freshwater biome. And according to the region that they are in, the plantlife increases or decreases. So, now I’ll give you a short summary to review. There are many interesting facts about the freshwater biome. It is a main recourse to humans as well as the animals and plants that live there. Freshwater biomes are located on every continent. The freshwater biome is unlike any other biome in its features. The animals that live there have adapted to live in freshwater. The plants are unlike any on land, and they are only found in water. So, now you know some intriguing facts about the freshwater

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