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
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
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
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...
Ghaghara River, major left-bank tributary of the Ganges River. It rises as the Karnali River (Chinese: Kongque He) in the high Himalayas of southern Tibet Autonomous Region, China, and flows southeast through Nepal. Cutting southward across the Siwalik R
Damodar River, river in northeastern India, rising with its many tributaries, notably the Bokaro and Konar, in the Chota Nagpur plateau of south-central Bihar state. It follows a generally eastward course for 368 miles (592 km) through West Bengal to joi
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