mangrove forests

Mangroves are special types of trees of the tropics that can live on the edge of waterways, where rainforests meet oceans waters. Found on sheltered coasts and river ends, they grow in wetlands between land and sea where other plants can't grow. They protect the coasts and prevent soil and sand erosion by having sediment from the rivers and streams and slowing down the flow of water by all of the roots


There are about39.3 million acres of mangrove forests in the coasts of tropical oceans all over the world. More than 10.5 million acres of mangrove forests are found in south east asia. Mangrove trees look as if they grow on stilts.just like this