Pulau Kukup National Park, Malaysia Mangrove tide water roots tree root trees

---

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.

---

Size: 3530px × 5315px
Location: Malaysia
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: asia, asian, beautiful, city, commercial, country, culture, dining, district, east, entertainment, financial, fine, happy, holiday, journey, malay, malaysia, malaysian, orient, oriental, root, roots, shopping, south, tide, tourism, tourist, town, travel, tree, trees, vacation, water