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.
Eco may refer to: eco-, a prefix mostly relating to ecological or environmental terms. .eco, (dot-eco), a proposed top-level domain for the Internet. Eco (currency), a proposed currency. Eco (video game), a computer simulation game.
Because an ecotone is the zone in which two communities integrate, many different forms of life have to live together and compete for space. Therefore, an ecotone can create a diverse ecosystem. Changes in the physical environment may produce a sharp boundary, as in the example of the interface between areas of forest and cleared land.