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Plate 23.3 Barley Barber Swamp
Fig. 23.2 Barley Barber Swamp
alligators, North American river otters, bobcats,
white-tailed deer, etc. Many species of migratory and wading birds, such as egrets, ibises,
limpkin and the endangered wood stork, can be
seen in the swamps.
Lake Kissimmee (in Florida, USA)
It is a 137-km
2 shallow (mean depth 2.5 m)
wetland (commonly called lake) situated in
Florida in the USA. However, steep vertical gradients in these parameters may develop. The data
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Plate 23.3 Barley Barber Swamp
Fig. 23.2 Barley Barber Swamp
alligators, North American river otters, bobcats,
white-tailed deer, etc. Many species of migratory and wading birds, such as egrets, ibises,
limpkin and the endangered wood stork, can be
seen in the swamps.
Lake Kissimmee (in Florida, USA)
It is a 137-km
2 shallow (mean depth 2.5 m)
wetland (commonly called lake) situated in
Florida in the USA. However, steep vertical gradients in these parameters may develop. The data
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