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Mangrove roots, Thailand
Mangroves (Rhizophora apiculata) at low tide on the coast of Thailand.
C.B. Frith/Bruce Coleman Inc.
Mangrove habitat
Silver baitfish in a mangrove channel on South Bimini Island, Bahamas.
© Matthew Potenski
Map of mangrove distribution worldwide
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mozambique: mangroves on coast
Mangroves on the Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique.
© EcoView/Fotolia
Mangrove propagule
Mangrove propagules (Rhizophora species) floating near the Great Barrier...
Brian Gratwicke
Black mangrove
A coastal estuary of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans).
Thomas Eisner
Common mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Mangrove roots
Exposed roots of mangrove trees in Tha Pom Khlong Song Nam park, near Krabi, Thailand. 
© NuttKomo/stock.adobe.com
mangrove forest
Mangrove Forest in Roatan, Honduras.
© Nickolay Stanev/Shutterstock.com
mangrove forest
Mangroves and other aquatic plants along the northeastern Caribbean coast of Belize.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Mangroves and palms line the Loxahatchee River in southeastern Florida
Photograph, © George Wuerthner
Sundarbans
Mangrove trees in the Sundarbans.
© Partha Pal—Stockbyte/Getty Images
Mangrove pneumatophores
Pneumatophores of the black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) encrusted with...
Thomas Eisner
mangrove
Mangrove (Rhizophora), showing viviparous (germinating on parent) seedlings
Rudolf Schmid
mangrove roots and stems
A thicket of tangled mangrove roots and stems spreading over a tidal estuary.
(bottom right) G.R. Roberts

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