Both salmon and salamanders are dependent on health rivers to survive. Water stored in the glacial ice is slowly released as the sun melts the top of the ice and while heat from the earth melts the bottom. As a result, even during the driest summer months rivers continue to flow with glacial meltwater. Insects, fish, mammals, birds, amphibians and forests all depend on glacial meltwater. Concept - interdependency glaciers animals They both need food, water, air, shelter, and space for survival.
Snags are important homes for many species of wildlife in Olympic.
Concept - habitat wildlife mosses Forests and mosses both act like a sponge and collect water. This helps them survive during times of drought. Concept - energy transpiration rivers Rivers feed nutrients into forests. We differ by the ways in which we obtain our basic needs. American life ways fish Fish are exotic species and can effect native species that live in the lake.