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ECOLOGY PROJECT:
Freshwater
Biomes
A Report Of:
Jeremiah Lorenzo D. Frejas
Mario Vinz Epino
What is freshwater?
Freshwater biomes are filled with water that is not salty.
There are two kinds of freshwater biomes. Rivers and streams have slowmoving or still water. Less wildlife grows in rivers and streams because it is
washed away by the current of water. Some freshwater animals have
adapted to living in rivers so they are not carried away by the current. Fish
swim upstream, other creatures hold onto rocks using suckers or slime.
There are two ways of how fresh
water move.
Slow-moving: Less wildlife
grows in rivers and streams
because it is washed away by the
current of water.
Still water: Some freshwater
animals have adapted to living in
rivers so they are not carried
away by the current.
What Animals or Organism Are
Found In Freshwater?
Underwater plants need to stay close to
the water's surface so sunlight can
reach them. Some freshwater plants,
such as water lilies, grow flowers and
leaves that float on the water's surface.
Animals found:
Fish
Turtle
Crocodiles
Frogs
Rivers – The biggest form of fresh water
• Rivers convey the excess waters of
the land areas that they drain to
larger bodies of water or directly to
the oceans.
• Collectively, they represent the
world's water resources, as they
carry virtually all the water that is
available for human management
and use.
• In the Philippines, famous rivers are
Marikina River, Cagayan River.
Lakes – are inland bodies of standing water.
• Lakes are good source of drinking
water.
• They are habitat to many fishes.
• In the Philippines, the most popular
lakes are Laguna the Bay, 7 lakes of
Laguna and Taal Lake.
Waterfalls – Often visually spectacular, a waterfall
occurs at a vertical or nearly vertical section of a
river channel.
• Mostly found at the end of rivers.
• In the Philippines, famous falls are
Maria Cristina Falls and Pagsanjan
Falls.