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Galapagos Islands, a Haven for Flora and Fauna

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Galapagos Islands are an archipelago of 13 volcanic islands and rocks located in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 kilometers west coast of South America. Politically, the Galapagos Islands are part of Ecuador. Eldest Island about 4 million years old and the youngest is still in process of formation. Galapagos Islands indeed is one of the region’s most active volcanoes in the world.

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Everglades, Very Exotic and Fascinating Place

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florida-everglades

Everglades is an area that most of its territory under water. Located in southern Florida and the climate is Subtropical. during the rainy season most of the Everglades will be under water, whereas when the dry season fires often occur. Everglades itself was declared a national park in 1928 when a developer named Ernest F. Coe founded the Tropical Everglades National Park Association. It was quite a way for the Everglades to officially become a national park in congress in 1934.

A researcher named Marjory Stoneman Douglas released a book entitled The Everglades: River of Grass. after he was researching this area for five years, he describes in detail the history and ecology of south florida.

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