Mangrove

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English: The term mangrove is used for the ecosystem of tropical, intertidal forests as well as for the tree species constituting this forest.
Deutsch: Der Begriff Mangroven bezeichnet sowohl das Ökosystem tropischer Gezeitenwälder als auch die Baumarten, die diesen Wald bilden.
Français : Le terme mangrove désigne un écosystème tropical de forêts situées dans la zone de balancement des marées (estran) ainsi que les espèces d'arbres qui constituent ce type de forêt.

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[edit] Maps, Satellite Images

World map of mangrove distribution

Ganges Delta, India and Bangladesh

Grand Cayman

Honduras (mangrove destruction by shrimp farming)

Gulf of Fonseca, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua

[edit] Mangrove Forest

Mangrove swamp, partly underwater image showing the root system

Mangrove swamp in Muthupet, Tamilnadu, India

Valapatanam River, Kerala, India

Mangroves in the Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt

Gambia river, Gambia

Gambia

Mangrove in Florida, United States

Cayo Levisa, Cuba

Vigia, North Brazil

Caeté estuary, North Brazil

Mangrove forest in the Salinas Estuary of Salinas, Puerto Rico.

National Park Everglades

Mangrove in Zanzibar

[edit] Mangrove Plants

See also:

and Category:Avicennioideae, Category:Rhizophoreae.

Rhizophora sp., Cayo Levisa, Cuba

Rhizophora sp., Queensland

Flowering shoot of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

Mangrove fern (Acrostichum), Brazil

Conocarpus erectus, Florida Keys

[edit] Mangrove Animals

Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites atlites)

Mangrove crab, Ucides cordatus

Burrows of fiddler crabs

Guará (Scarlet Ibis), Eudocimus ruber

Roseate Spoonbill

Brown Pelican

Key Deer (Odocoileus viginianus clavium)
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