India has about 4000 sq. km of Mangroves, about 50% of which falls in Sundarbans, a sizeable chunk can be found in Gujarat (mainly in Kuchchh area) and Andaman Nicobar Islands (gujarat and A&N= together about 30%), rest mainly in Orissa (Mahanadi delta), Andhra Pradsh and Maharastra ( Together about 15%). Scattered are some patches in Goa, Kerala; TN and other places. Some claim more species diversity in Gujarat than Sundarbans, others refute. Bangladesh has tha largest mangrove tract.
On Jan 5, 12:15 pm, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Raghu, > > Do I understand that your message says that mangroves are only found in two > places of India -- the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram ? > OR am I missing some context? > > Regards. > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > .... > > > As we went deeper and deeper into the Pichavaram waters, (Chidambaram, > > Chennai,Tamil Nadu) we could see clearly the mangroves. On enquiring its > > name, Ezhumalai rattled off the words "Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora > > muconata and avicennia" - the scientific name of these trees and proceeded > > to inform us that this type of vegetation could be found in only two places > > in India - the Sunderbans and in Pichavaram. And finally we were able to get > > a good look at the mangroves. Half submerged in water, it seemed to rest as > > if on its branches while the leaves looked green, shiny and rather > > appealing. On closer inspection we noticed that the tree sprouts a stem > > which grows and embeds itself into the ground or should we say the waters. > > Just the way the branches of the banyan tree grow and pierce the ground to > > become roots below. No beginning and no end. That's what even the mangroves > > looked like. > > > Travelogue and some more photographs on > > >http://earthsublime.blogspot.com/2008/05/pichavaram-unique-ecosystem.... > > > May 23, 2008 > > > Pichavaram , Chidambaram, Chennai,Tamil Nadu) > > > ------------------------------ > > Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have > > it.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_groups_1/*http://in.promos.yahoo.com/g...>- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
