Image: Freshwater habitats
Description
Freshwater habitats include lakes, rivers, billabongs, wetlands and ponds. Many animals and plants live in or near these habitats. They rely on them to provide food, shelter and a place to breed.
- Illustrator:
- Andrew Howells
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
Additional information
Lake
Lakes are large areas of still water. Some large fresh water lakes dry up in times of drought.
River
Rivers are pathways of flowing water. The water can be fast flowing or flowing slowly. Some large rivers in Australia include the Murray River, the Derwent River and the Katherine River.
Stream
Streams are small flows of water. Sometimes they are called creeks or rivulets.
Pond
A pond is a small pool of still water.
Wetland
Wetlands are areas with lots water plants such as reeds, grasses and lilies. Fresh water wetlands increase in size after rain. Lots of birds move into wetlands after rain.
Billabong
Billabongs are small pools of water that appear next to rivers after heavy rain.
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2 comments
Ondine Evans
3.11 PM, 26 November 2009
Thanks for your input! Currently we have the Bugwise Invertebrate Guide which, although not a key, is a visual guide to common terrestrial (land) invertebrates. We are also investigating ways to make more visual keys.
Jenny
12.11 PM, 26 November 2009
We need more of these picture based pages for primary students A d-key for identification of insects is also needed
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