Pulau Kukup National Park, Malaysia Mangrove tide suspension bridge
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Contributor:
Peter Horree / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B84T2XFile size:
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3530 x 5315 px | 29.9 x 45 cm | 11.8 x 17.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2 January 2009Location:
MalaysiaMore information:
Mangroves generally are trees and shrubs that grow in saline (brackish) coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and large shrubs in the mangal, and narrowly to refer to the mangrove family of plants, the Rhizophoraceae, or even more specifically just to mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora. Mangals are found in depositional coastal environments where fine sediments, often with high organic content, collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.