Mangrove Forests: The Survivors
What are Mangrove Forests?
Mangroves are a type of plants or tress that grows in small or medium shrubs. There are about 80 species of mangrove trees that have grown to become a forest. The structure of the leaves of the mangrove trees are round and small. The roots of these three are grown under water and long. However, Mangrove forest are decreasing every year by 0.7% as the world is becoming more developed and globalized as the world is influenced by science and technology.
What kind of environment are Mangroves found in?
Mangroves are usually located near the topical and subtropical areas of the world. Mangroves are found near places with a hot temperature, to be slightly precise 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south of the equator.
Mangroves grow in saline water in woodland or shrub land. Usually, Mangrove forest live near the coasts due the fact that there is salt water so the that the plants can release salt and gain the excess amount of salt from the roots. Mangroves trees don't need fresh water as it takes in a lot of water and is not as appropriate for the mangrove plants to grow in.
Mangrove forests are situated near the equator and needs the temperature of the surrounding higher than 16 degree Celsius. If the temperature is below 15 degree Celsius the shrub won't be able to grow. The water shouldn't be in fast motion and should be shallow to allow the sediment to deposit on the coast. The mangroves grow in inter-tidal range to let the plants have enough wave energy.