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Why We Designed Our Newest Showcase Exhibit to Recreate a Southern Appalachian Waterway

Date Mar 5, 2023
Published in At the Aquarium

The waterways of Southern Appalachia are brimming with an incredible diversity of aquatic species. This natural abundance has earned the region the distinction among scientists as a hot spot of biodiversity likened to an “underwater rainforest.” What better place to focus our efforts for the centerpiece of our new Ridges to Rivers gallery, a sprawling recreation of a life-filled mountain stream?

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