In these regions, less than 15% of the mangrove species are threatened [16]. Anthropogenic activities are one of the main factors leading to the decline of mangrove areas [8,15]. According to Richards and Friess (2016, [15]), the conversion of mangroves into aquaculture and rice fields ...
Son River, principal southern tributary of the Ganges (Ganga) River, rising in Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It flows north past Manpur and then turns northeast. The river cuts through the Kaimur Range and joins the Ganges above Patna, after a 487
Kolleru Lake, lake in northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies between the Godavari and Krishna river deltas near the city of Eluru. During the height of the summer monsoon rainy season, the lake may expand to 100 square miles (260 squa
A tropical rainforest is a luxuriant forest found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands near the Equator. Tropical rainforests are dominated by broad-leaved trees that form a dense upper canopy and contain a wide array of vegetation and other life. Worldw
Atherton Tableland, highland region that is part of the Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands) in northeastern Queensland, Australia. The plateau region is bounded by the Palmer (north) and Burdekin (south) rivers and has an area of 12,000 square miles
Lignum vitae, (genus Guaiacum), any of several trees in the family Zygophyllaceae (order Zygophyllales), particularly Guaiacum officinale, native to the New World tropics. G. officinale occurs from the southern United States to northern South America. It
Rising in theHimalayasand emptying into theBay of Bengal, it drains one-fourth of the territory ofIndia, and its basin supports hundreds of millions of people. The greater part of theIndo-Gangetic Plain, across which it flows, is the heartland of the region known asHindustanand has been the...
Chilika Lake is a lake and lagoon in Odisha state, eastern India. It is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a narrow spit.
Chilika Lake is a lake and lagoon in Odisha state, eastern India. It is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a narrow spit.
Tista River, a tributary of the Jamuna River (Brahmaputra River), flowing through India and Bangladesh. It rises in the Himalayas near Chunthang in Sikkim (India), flows to the south, cutting a deep gorge through the Siwalik Hills east of Darjiling (in W