The camalote.
Also called flower bora, water hyacinth, water hyacinth common, tarope or tarulla.
The “Camalote”
(Eichhornia crassipes) is a plant that lives floating in water places. This plant is also
characteristic for being invasive, with large leaves and showy flowers.
The
invasive plant was detected in waters of the Guadiana River in 2004, but was
not given much importance. It is a species that lives in tropical climates
(typical of the Amazon) and is considered an introduced species. This plant is
dangerous because it has a high production rate and very low renewal time, so
it grows very quickly and affects the river. The accumulation of this plant
prevents the light to penetrate in the waters, necessary for other living
beings and in addition to being organic matter may lead to processes of
eutrophication, decreasing the oxygen from the water.
One of the
most affected cities is Mérida, where people think that despite removing the
great layer of water “Camalote” that lives in the water of the Guadiana River,
it will never achieve to eliminate this scourge.
One of the
disadvantages facing the withdrawal is that chemical elements cannot be used.
This affects the other living being that inhabit the Guadiana and surroundings,
so his retirement is carried out with machinery which makes the process very
slow.
Hi Juanmi! Your essay is quite "a definition from a book" or something similar with some words you don't use (even know) in English. For next time, try to speak about a topic WITH YOUR OWN WORDS and a more natural reading a presentation. I was looking for you opinion about a topic mainly.
ReplyDeleteThe camalote.
Also called flower bora, water hyacinth, water hyacinth common, tarope or tarulla.
The “Camalote” (Eichhornia crassipes) is a plant that lives floating in water places. This plant is also characteristic for being invasive, with large leaves and showy flowers.
The invasive plant was detected in waters of the Guadiana River in 2004, but was not given much importance. It is a species that lives in tropical climates (typical of the Amazon) and is considered an introduced species. This plant is dangerous because it has a high production rate and very low renewal time, so it grows very quickly and affects the river. The accumulation of this plant prevents the light to penetrate in the waters, necessary for other living beings and in addition to being organic matter may lead to processes of eutrophication, decreasing the oxygen from the water.
One of the most affected cities is Mérida, where people think that despite removing the great layer of water “Camalote” that lives in the water of the Guadiana River, it will never achieve to eliminate this scourge.
One of the disadvantages facing the withdrawal is that chemical elements cannot be used. This affects the other living being that inhabit the Guadiana and surroundings, so his retirement is carried out with machinery which makes the process very slow.