Photo of Guam from space

Guam is made up of islands in the Pacific Ocean just south of the Mariana Islands: it is a territory of the United States.[1] Cocos Island is an island 1 mile (1.6 km) off the southern tip of the United States territory of Guam and is considered part of Guam.[2] Other islands in the Guam island chain are: Fofos, Cabras, As-Gadao and Agrigan. Fresh water in Guam is found in many marshy areas or ponds, and one large Fena Lake reservoir.[3]

Lakes and reservoirs

Ponds swamps and marshes

  • Agana Swamp[7]
  • Assupian Pond[3]
  • Lost Pond[3]
  • LeoPalace Pond 52M[3]
  • Route 4 Marsh[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Herman, Doug. "A Brief, 500-Year History of Guam". smithsonianmag.com. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Pait, Tony. "Studying Contaminants in Cocos Lagoon, Guam: Blog Post #1". coastalscience.noaa.gov. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Lobban, Christopher S.; Schefter, Maria (2008). "Freshwater biodiversity of Guam. 1. Introduction, with new records of ciliates and a heliozoan". Micronesica. 40 (1–2): 273–293. PMC 2600538. PMID 19079802.
  4. ↑ "Fena". guampedia.com. Guampedia. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Exploring: Reservoir Capacity And Sedimentation Of The Fena Valley Reservoir Guam". usgs.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Curtis, W. F. (July 1984). Sedimentation survey of Fena reservoir, Guam, Mariana Islands, 1979 (Technical report). U.S. Department of Energy. OSTI 5516584.
  7. ↑ "Western Pacific Islands" (PDF). fws.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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