Wetlands at the Chattahoochee Nature Center EarthCache
Wetlands at the Chattahoochee Nature Center
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This EarthCache is located in the Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC).
The admission fees are:
$10.00 for adults
$7.00 for students (13-18) for seniors (65+)
$6.00 for children (3-12)
Children under 2 are free
Open Hours:
Mon-Fri 10:00 to 5:00, Sunday 12:00 to 5:00
More can be learned about the CNC at this link: CNC
The Mission of the Chattahoochee Nature Center is to link people with nature
You can also see things to do and plan your visit at this link: Plan your vist
You will need to visit a couple of locations at the CNC to answer the questions for this EarthCache.
A wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water. Wetlands include swamps, marshes, and bogs, among others. The water found in wetlands can be saltwater, freshwater, or brackish.
Wetlands are considered the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems. Plant life found in wetlands includes mangrove, water lilies, cattails, sedges, tamarack, black spruce, cypress, gum, and many others. Animal life includes many different amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects, and mammals
Wetlands have been categorized both as biomes and ecosystems. A patch of land that develops pools of water after a rain storm would not be considered a "wetland" though the land is wet. Wetlands have unique characteristics: they are generally distinguished from other water bodies or landforms based on their water level and on the types of plants that thrive within them. Specifically, wetlands are characterized as having a water table that stands at or near the land surface for a long enough season each year to support aquatic plants. Put simply, wetlands are lands made up of hydric soil.
Wetlands have also been described as ecotones, providing a transition between dry land and water bodies.
For more information on wetlands visit the display in the Discovery Center that shows how wetlands work.
To log this cache you will need to visit a couple additional locations at the CNC to answer the questions for the EarthCache.
The locations are at the southern end of the Kingfisher pond along the Living Wetlands trail.
1) What is a Riverine Wetland?
2) What trapped water creating the Okefenokee swamp?
3) How many square miles is the Okefenokee swamp?
For extra credit: What is causing the wetlands here along the Chattahoochee river? (Hint: go to the boardwalk to find this answer)
Please email the answers to me. Please do not post your answers in your online log.
A picture of yourself by the Bald Eagle cage posted with your online log is highly desirable as well, but not required.
Additional Hints
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