• Freshwater biome include lakes,

ponds, rivers, and streams.

• While ponds are small bodies of
water surrounded by land, lakes are
large bodies
of freshwater surrounded by land.
• The freshwater biome covers
roughly 20% of the Earth and 0.8%
of the total water on this Earth.
• The climate in fresh water is warm and temperate.
• Average temperature in fresh water is 10.5 Celsius or
50.8 Fahrenheit .
• Averagely , fresh water biome temperature will drop
with deepening of water .
• Precipitation here is about 795mm|31.3 inch per year.
The driest month is
July , with 44 mm| 1.7
inch of rain . With an
average of 89 mm |
3.5 inch , the most
precipitation falls in
November .
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There are three types of
fresh water biome,
• Ponds and Lakes
• Streams and Rivers
• Wetlands
• Lakes and ponds are inland bodies of
standing or slowly moving water.
• Range in size from just a few square meters
to thousands of square kilometers.
• Many ponds are seasonal, lasting just a
couple of months . while lakes may exist
for hundreds of years or more
• Formed through a variety of events,
including glacial, tectonic, and volcanic
activity
• These are bodies of flowing water moving in one direction.
• A stream is a body of fresh water that flows downhill in a channel
• Longer and larger streams are usually called river.
• The characteristics of a river or stream change during the journey from the
source to the mouth.
• Water in streams and rivers is in constant motion.
• Wetlands are areas of standing water that support aquatic plants.
• Marshes, swamps, and bogs are all considered wetlands.
• Many species of amphibians, reptiles, birds (such as ducks and
waders), can be found in the wetlands.
• Restrict the construction of dams.
• Establish protected wetlands areas.
• Regulate water withdrawal for human use.