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Mangrove ecoregions

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mangrove
thumb|upright=1.3|Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts.
Sundarbans
Sundarbans (; pronounced ) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's Khulna Division. It comprises closed and open mangrove forests, land used for agricultural purpose, mudflats and barren land, and is intersected by multiple tidal streams and channels. Spread across , it is the world's largest mangrove forest. It covers over in Bangladesh's Khulna Division. In West Bengal's Presidency divi
Central African mangroves
largest area of mangrove swamp in Africa, located on the coasts of West Africa, mainly in Nigeria
Guinean mangroves
coastal ecoregion of mangrove swamps in rivers and estuaries near the ocean of West Africa from Senegal to Sierra Leone
Sunda Shelf mangroves
Mangrove ecoregion in Southeast Asia
New Guinea mangroves
mangrove ecoregion that covers extensive areas of the coastline New Guinea
Madagascar mangroves
coastal ecoregion in the mangrove forest biome found on the west coast of Madagascar
Southern Africa mangroves
ecoregion of mangrove swamps in rivers and estuaries on the eastern coast of South Africa
East African mangroves
ecoregion of mangrove swamps along the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa in Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and southern Somalia
Bhitarkanika Mangroves
mangrove wetland in India's Odisha state, covering an area of 650 km/square in the river delta of the Brahmani and Baitarani rivers
Indochina mangroves
large mangrove ecoregion on the coasts of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia in Southeast Asia
Caroni Swamp
second largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago
Bahia mangroves
tropical ecoregion of the Mangrove forests Biome, and the South American Atlantic Forest biome, located in Northeastern Brazil
Mosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves
mangrove ecoregion in Central America
Godavari-Krishna mangroves
mangrove ecoregion of India's eastern coast
Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean Mangroves Ecoregion
Caribbean ecoregion
Northern Mesoamerican Pacific Coast Mangroves Ecoregion
mangrove ecoregion in northwestern Mexico