Allendale is located in the center of Ottawa County in Western Michigan approximately ten miles west of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and ten miles east of beautiful Lake Michigan. Home of Grand Valley State University with over 16,000 students. Visit the Veteran's Garden of Honor memorial.
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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment, they can be of any size but usually encompass specific, limited spaces. Energy, water, nitrogen and soil minerals are other essenti