Everglades National Park - American Crocodile Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Everglades National Park - American Crocodile - Everglades National Park is the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness reserve on the North American continent. Its juncture at the interface of temperate and sub-tropical America, fresh and brackish water, shallow bays and deeper coastal waters creates a complex of habitats supporting a high diversity of flora and fauna. It contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, the largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie and the most significant breeding ground for wading birds in North America. In the United States, the American crocodile's only habitat is within South Florida. About 2'000 crocodiles live in Florida, and there are roughly 100 nests in the Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. World Heritage Sites in the USA - Name: Everglades National Park Animal: American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) Country: United States of America Location: Florida Inscription: 1979 Category: Natural (viii)(ix)(x) Unesco Ref: 76 (Heritage in Danger) Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the site.