The Everglades is one of the most unusual and amazing of all the habitats. Lake Okeechobee is like no other lake on Earth. It covers 730 square miles and is an average of 15 feet deep. When the waters of Lake Okeechobee overflow, they flow into the River of Grass and move slowly southward toward the ocean. The Everglades is one of the harshest habitats on Earth.
Conditions go from one extreme to another.
Sometimes food and water are plentiful. Other times, it is a scramble to find anything to eat. Animals and Habitat Many animals live in the Everglades. In the wet season there is plenty to eat and drink. The full aquifer and bubbling spring provides clean fresh water.