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Wikipedia: Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. The saline conditions tolerated by various species range from brackish water, through pure seawater (30 to 40 ppt), to water of over twice the salinity of ocean seawater, where the salt has become concentrated by evaporation (up to 90 ppt). There are many species of trees and shrubs adapted to saline conditions. Not all are closely related, and the term "mangrove" may be used for all of them, or more narrowly only for the mangrove family of plants, the Rhizophoraceae, or even more specifically just for mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora.
![[Propagules growing before dropping from the parent plant. (BioBay, Vieques)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Plody_mangrovnika_28Rhizophora_mangle_29_s.jpg "Propagules growing before dropping from the parent plant. (BioBay, Vieques)")
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![[Boat trip through the Sihcao Wetlands]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sihcao_Green_Tunnel_s.jpg "Boat trip through the Sihcao Wetlands")
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![[Mangroves in West Bali National Park, Indonesia]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bali_Barat_mangroves_s.jpg "Mangroves in West Bali National Park, Indonesia")
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![[The mangroves survive the heat of the city of Bombay/ Mumbai and Navi Mumbai]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mangrove_24042010_ujjwaldey_s.jpg "The mangroves survive the heat of the city of Bombay/ Mumbai and Navi Mumbai")
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![[Bombay/ Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have a lot of mangroves since the city's creation from pieces of land on the...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mangroves_24042010_ujjwaldey_s.jpg "Bombay/ Mumbai and Navi Mumbai have a lot of mangroves since the city's creation from pieces of land on the...")
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![[A red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mangrove_s.jpg "A red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle")
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![[Salt crystals formed on grey mangrove leaf]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Saltcrystals_on_avicennia_marina_var_resinifera_leaves_s.jpg "Salt crystals formed on grey mangrove leaf")
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