NATURE: BENEFITS OF NATURE ARE MORE THAN VISUAL APPEAL
Dehydration (lack of water) will kill us faster than starvation (lack of food). Since the plants and animals we eat also depend on water, lack of it could cause both dehydration and starvation.
Sometimes the contributions are intangible. The uplifting melody of running water has timeless appeal, providing gentle white noise that clears the mind and soothes the soul.
 Water plays its role locally as one generation’s ingenuity devise classic traditions that evolve around nature’s décor, economic and military prominence all-the-while enriching the next generation -- Daffin Park’s water spray and pond, homes on backwater creeks with private docks, golfing around the lagoons, playing chase through water sprinklers with children, breathtaking gardening and a international port of call for industry and the military.
Through Johnny Mercer and his love of Back River [now Moon River], much of the world was introduced to and many fell in love with the Chatham County area’s waterway landscapes and the southern way of living, which is greatly influenced by the coast. Leisure seems to gravitate to water -- Water Duck Races for charity, family picnic symphonies and patriotic fireworks along the Rousakis Plaza Savannah Riverfront, watermelon enjoyed lazily on a picnic, and a stroll by the Forsyth Park Fountain.
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