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18. Temperate Eain Forest; possibly the '' Ham- 

 mocks" of Florida and some mountain sides in Mexico. 



19. Tropical Eain Forest; S. E. Tip of Florida (?), 

 "West Indies and portions of Mexico and Central America. 



20. Tropical Deciduous Forest; portions of Mexico, 

 West Indies and South America. 



21. Alpine Summits ; chiefly in the western states, and 

 Mexico. 



22. Lakes, ponds, and streams; 



Designate streams as ''torrential"; ''swift"; "mod- 

 erate"; "sluggish" or intermittent; give your estimate 

 of width and depth at mean low water. 



Designate ponds and lakes as "young" with much 

 terrigenous bottom; middle aged with little terrigenous 

 bottom; or old with no terrigenous bottom, etc. 



23. Swamps and marshes. 



24. Marine shallows and embayments. 



25. Sand areas, talus slopes and gravel slides. 



Designate topography as "level"; "rolling"; 

 ' ' sharp " ; " precipitous " ; " badlands " ; " dissected " ; i. e. 

 comparatively level and cut by many deep ravines. 

 Terms such as mountain, hill, level plain, ravine, canyon, 

 bluff, shore, and sandy, rocky, glacial floodplain, etc. are 

 used. 



The agency which owns, and controls, and manages 

 the preserve should be given. Any matters which need 

 attention, such as lack of management or mismanage- 

 ment should be mentioned. 



2. Proposed Preserves. The description of these 

 should be similar to that of the preserved areas but uses 

 which the preserve will serve should be giveii, the popu- 

 lation centers, schools, colleges, museums and societies 

 which can make use of it should be stated. 



