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Mangroves are vulnerable to coastal development including prawn farming, other agriculture that diverts fresh water from reaching the coast and seaside urbanisation. Most mangroves on the east coast of India have been cleared and while 14% of the ecoregion is under protection in
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who shelter among the roots and feed of the fish and other seafood in this warm mixture of fresh and seawater. These mangroves are home to many insects,
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The ecoregion covers an area of 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 sq mi), in discontinuous enclaves extending from the state of
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in the south. The largest mangrove community in the ecoregion lies in the
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Mangroves are an important coastal habitat for much wildlife such as the
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The predominant mangroves are all of the species include
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487:Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
427:Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests
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472:South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
457:North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
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27:Mangrove ecoregion of India's eastern coast
537:South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
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307:Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
417:Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests
412:Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests
477:South Western Ghats montane rain forests
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560:Northeast India–Myanmar pine forests
527:Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests
482:Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests
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693:Himalayan Alpine shrub and Meadows
555:Himalayan subtropical pine forests
522:Khathiar–Gir dry deciduous forests
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654:Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands
517:East Deccan dry evergreen forests
317:even those areas are not secure.
104:Mangroves in Krishna Delta region
755:Northwestern thorn scrub forests
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672:Tibetan Plateau Alpine Steppe
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311:Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
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750:Deccan thorn scrub forests
334:Godavari-Krishna mangroves
315:Bhitarkanika National Park
204:mangroves in Tamil Nadu.
123:Godavari–Krishna mangroves
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852:Indomalayan ecoregions
278:Pelecanus philippensis
190:Bhitarkanika Mangroves
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827:Mangrove ecoregions
822:Ecoregions of India
803:Ecoregions of India
583:Himalayan Broadleaf
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338:World Wildlife Fund
286:Platalea leucorodia
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816:Categories
573:Temperate
547:Coniferous
321:References
266:flamingoes
230:spp., and
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202:Pichavaram
200:, and the
186:Tamil Nadu
174:Tamil Nadu
164:rivers in
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499:broadleaf
399:broadleaf
233:Bruguiera
130:ecoregion
76:Geography
774:Mangrove
638:Savannas
313:and the
250:molluscs
158:Godavari
127:mangrove
70:Mangrove
724:Flooded
710:Western
700:Eastern
679:Central
664:Montane
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614:Eastern
596:Western
591:Eastern
575:Forests
389:Forests
288:), and
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162:Krishna
156:of the
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59:Ecology
397:Moist
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224:spp.,
221:Suaeda
198:Odisha
188:, the
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240:Fauna
208:Flora
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134:India
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