Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands located in tropical and subtropical intertidal zones. Approximately 80 mangrove species exist, all
Mangroves in an ebb tide
Bengal tiger in the Sundarbans
The mangrove fern (Acrostichum aureum) can grow vigorously in disturbed areas of mangrove forest.
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor proce
Mangrove forest
…Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands located in tropical and subtropical intertidal zones. Approximately 80 mangrove species exist, all adapted to areas where slow-moving water allows for…
Marshlands are often noted within wetlands, as seen here at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City.
Sunrise at Viru Bog, Estonia
Wetlands contrast the hot, arid landscape around Middle Spring, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah.
The wetlands of Cape May, New Jersey, in the United States comprise an extensive hydrological network that makes them an ornithologically important location to study the many birds which use the preserve as a place to nest.