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Mangrove roots, Thailand

Mangrove habitat

World map highlighting the global distribution of mangrove forests, shown in pink along tropical and subtropical coastlines in regions of Central and South America, West and East Africa, South and Southeast Asia, northern Australia, and some Pacific islands.

Mozambique: mangroves on coast

Mangrove propagule

Common mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Dense tangle of exposed mangrove roots along clear, shallow water in a lush forest at Tha Pom Khlong Song Nam park near Krabi, Thailand.

Dense mangrove trees border a calm waterway under a partly cloudy sky in Roatan, Honduras.

mangrove forest

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