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Amazing forests
! WOW!
Forests grow in all shapes and sizes, and each
one is special in its own way. Some have trees Photographs
that are thousands of years old, and others taken by satellites
grow under water! There is still much to learn have helped to
about these amazing places. find new forests
in Africa!
Sunken forest
Trees have been growing out of
this lake for thousands of years.
They have special “knees,” which
poke above the water’s surface.
Air entering the knees travels
to the roots, so that the trees
can survive under water.
Bald cypress trees in Lake Caddo, Texas
Crooked forest
No one knows why these
trees have a bend near
the bottom. One theory
is that people bent the
trees when they were
young, so that their
wood could be used
to build ships.
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