Vocab
able to produce a lot of vegetation or crops
What does fertile mean?
Diversity
What is a word for something that has many different types or species?
Communities of plants and animals within a habitat
What is an ecosystem?
8 million
What is the amount of birds estimated to breed in the Delta wetlands?
Vital industries for the Delta
What is tourism and recreation?
Raised banks of channels
What is a levee?
Carbon footprint
What is the impact on the environment of carrying goods from one place to another?
This ocean receives the water flow of the Mississippi river
Gulf of Mexico
This animal has about 180 species living in the wetter parts of the Delta region
What are freshwater fish?
These crops is extremely important to the Delta region
What is soybeans, rice, sugar cane and feed grains, hay, and cotton?
Fuels formed from plant or animal remains buried long ago
What are fossil fuels?
erosion
what is a word for carrying away by natural force, such as water and wind?
This is the location freshwater and seawater combine
Where is the lower part of the Missisippi Delta?
This native bird is very common in the Delta region
What is a heron?
This industry is significantly supported by the Delta region.
Hint: I'm yelling ______ You better move, you better dance
What is the timber industry?
Done in a way that does not damage the enviroment
What does sustainable mean?
Tributaries
What is a division or branch of a river?
This is the amount of time for water to flow from the source to the gulf of Mexico
What is three months?
These are the most popular commercially fished fish in the Delta area
What is the catfish, buffalo fish, spoonbill fish, and garfish?
The nation's important resource for energy supply such as Oil, petroleum, and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
Naturally occurring, yellow-ish black chemical mixture
What is petroleum?
What is a matter that settles from a liquid to a solid?
One of the most profitable industries in the world is based in the Delta
What are the Delta fishieries?
This small furry animal looks like an otter and is commonly found in the area.
What is a mink?
Lake Itsasca