By Treis and Erica

Florida Everglades, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar

Florida Everglades, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania all have major Mangrove swamps

Typically show up in areas where the tempeture does not drop below 66 degrees, and have high amounts of annual precipitation.

Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics .

Usually warm, coastal areas, with where sediments collect because of movement from waves.

Mangrove trees.

Crocodiles, sand hill crane, Pythons, Mudskippers, Crabs, Honeyeaters, flying foxes.

Over the past 25 years, 20 percent of the world’s mangroves have been destroyed.

Mangroves act as coastal protection. Create material needed for reefs to

develop The Mangrove trees create their own

fresh water from sea water. What we have left today is 50 percent of

the natural Mangrove forests, quite a bit has been destroyed.