Only mangrove means some characteristically halophytic species but people take it as a forest. So if you want to talk about Mangrove forest; yes, it will be as 'Mangrove forest'.
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| Mangrove forest distribution in the world. |
If you see the above map you find that almost all of mangrove forests are in the tropical and sub-tropical region of the world mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. Rest of the mangrove forest areas of the earth was 53,190 square miles (137,760 km²) in 2000 and it covers 118 countries and territories.
Here we see some countries covered mangrove forest in below:
Country
|
Ecozone
|
Angola
|
Afrotropic
|
Australia
|
Australasian
|
Bahamas
|
Neotropic
|
Bangladesh
|
Indomalayan
|
Belize
|
Neotropic
|
Brazil
|
Neotropic
|
Brunei
|
Indomalayan
|
Burma
|
Indomalayan
|
Cambodia
|
Indomalayan
|
Cameroon
|
Afrotropic
|
Colombia
|
Neotropic
|
Costa Rica
|
Neotropic
|
Cuba
|
Neotropic
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Afrotropic
|
Dominican Republic
|
Neotropic
|
Ecuador
|
Neotropic
|
El Salvador
|
Neotropic
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
Afrotropic
|
French Guiana
|
Neotropic
|
Gabon
|
Afrotropic
|
Gambia
|
Afrotropic
|
Ghana
|
Afrotropic
|
Guatemala
|
Neotropic
|
Guinea
|
Afrotropic
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Afrotropic
|
Guyana
|
Neotropic
|
Haiti
|
Neotropic
|
Honduras
|
Neotropic
|
India
|
Indomalayan
|
Indonesia
|
Indomalayan
|
Jamaica
|
Neotropic
|
Kenya
|
Afrotropic
|
Lesser Antilles (Caribbees)
|
Neotropic
|
Liberia
|
Afrotropic
|
Madagascar
|
Afrotropic
|
Malaysia
|
Indomalayan
|
Mexico
|
Neotropic
|
Mozambique
|
Afrotropic
|
New Zealand
|
Australasian
|
Nicaragua Ecuador
|
Neotropic
|
Nigeria
|
Afrotropic
|
Panama
|
Neotropic
|
Peru
|
Neotropic
|
Puerto Rico
|
Neotropic
|
Senegal
|
Afrotropic
|
Sierra Leone
|
Afrotropic
|
South Africa
|
Afrotropic
|
Suriname
|
Neotropic
|
Tanzania
|
Afrotropic
|
Thailand
|
Indomalayan
|
The Republic of Ivory Coast
|
Afrotropic
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Neotropic
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
Neotropic
|
United States
|
Neotropic
|
Venezuela
|
Neotropic
|
Vietnam
|
Indomalayan
|
Here ecozone is a term which means broadest biogeographic division of earth.
