Thanks for the relevant information, Sibdas. Intention of querying was to check for any misunderstanding. Regards.
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:01 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
