Sentences with phrase «of mangrove swamps»

In Asia, shrimp farming has destroyed vast tracts of mangrove swamps.

You will then take a 90 minute boat ride through the largest area of mangrove swamps in Central America to Caño Island.

* Tour out of Sierpe: We take a comfortable 75 minute boat ride through the largest area of mangrove swamps in Central America to Cano Island.

After checkin, you will board the boat and head towards the largest area of mangrove swamps in Central America to Caño Island.

The remaining coast consists of mangrove swamps full of ibis, parrot, toucans, iguanas and, occasionally, river dolphins.

You can snorkel coral reefs and explore the rare wildlife of mangrove swamps.

This area is great for boat trips, relaxation, sea - gazing, walking and horseback riding, as well as observing the plant and animal life of the mangrove swamps.

Guided canoes up the Umgeni River to sight the giant heron, explore the upper reaches of the mangrove swamps and the river's two islands on which even further seabirds roost is one of the highlights.

Durban has closed ranks and protects this National Monument, one of three last remaining bits of mangrove swamp in and around Durban (the other two are the Isipingo Mangroves and the Bayhead Mangroves), rather fiercely.

We pulled up to a small rickety dock and walked down a small skinny pier built through the middle of a mangrove swamp until it ended.

Not exact matches

$ 70 - $ 180 Mayakoba (El Camaleon), Riviera Maya Home to the annual OHL Classic on the PGA Tour, where past champions include Fred Funk, Pat Perez and Graeme McDowell, this unique Greg Norman - designed layout 45 minutes south of the Cancun Airport wows with limestone - lined canals that bisect the fairways, jungle - like mangrove swamps, natural rock caverns and two - par - 3s that edge the Caribbean Sea.

Belize has the world's second - largest barrier reef and a long strand of 450 mostly pristine islands — called cayes — some of which are bordered by mangrove swamps or by soft sand beaches.

One of the best ways to view these toothy reptiles is aboard an airboat, a flat - bottomed propeller craft known to speed through mangrove tunnels in Everglades National Park and in waterways and swamps throughout Florida.

Its vast swathe swamp of rivers, creeks and rivulets and dense mangrove vegetation has made effective policing of the area a herculean task for the security agencies.

Habitat: Swamps, mangroves and coral reefs of the west Pacific, looking hard, then crying for mummy

Duncan has founddozens of varieties of the grass over the years, in mangrove swamps andlow - lying bogs; some can remain submerged under brackish water for aslong as a month.

The new report says that pugmarks fall short as a counting tool because they are drawn from an «unknown fraction» of the 300,000 square kilometers of tiger habitat in India and are difficult to locate in some terrain, including hard or rocky soil as well as mangrove swamps.

Wetlands include swamps, marshes, bogs, riverbanks, mangroves, floodplains, rice fields — and anywhere else, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities there.

Nearly 25 years after an oil storage tank ruptured near mangrove swamps and coral reefs of Bahia Las Minas in Panama, oil slicks still form in the water.

While symbiotic relationships in coral reefs have been known for some time, the discovery of hydrothermal vents in 1977 has spurred an interest in symbiotic relationships, and led to their recognition in many other types of habitats, such as mangrove swamps, mud flats, and sewage outlets.

Lowland Antarctica was warm and covered in near - tropical vegetation, and London was a mangrove swamp as rainforests spread across much of the planet.

Environmental parallels are numerous: misbegotten projects that cleared eyesore swamps and walls of mangroves to make way for highways, waterfront condos, and more.

During «normal» cyclones the mangrove swamps absorb much of the first shock which is why the people of the area do not build close to the sea.

From mangrove swamps and dry forests to Costa Rica's unique cloud forests and rainforest canopies, Caravan's fully escorted Costa Rica tour gives you ample opportunity to explore much of Costa Rica's unique flora and fauna.

The laidback landscape of tropical rainforests and mangrove swamps offers seclusion and the chance for exploration in equal measure.

Manuel Antonio National Park — Caravan's Costa Rica eco tour of Manuel Antonio National Park features some of the finest white sandy beaches in Costa Rica surrounded by beautiful, virgin, evergreen rainforests, plus mangrove swamps, lagoons and indigenous fauna.

Most of the island is covered in dense virgin rainforest, with over 20 km of excellent walking trails meandering across the island including a boardwalk across a mangrove swamp.

A swamp forest, mangroves, lakes, a feast of animals that include the Big 5, sea turtles and humpback whales translates into hiking, fishing, deep sea diving, game viewing or boating, when you are not resting.

The position of Belize City in mangrove swamps, its low elevation and its vulnerability to destruction by hurricanes were responsible for the relocation of Belize's capitol city to Belmopan, some fifty miles inland to the southwest.

 A mangrove swamp is the eye of this white beach island, the largest in Belize, and golf carts are the main form of transportation along the sandy roads.»  It adds that divers  «drool» over the beautiful underwater realms on offer.

Set against a backdrop of sparkling, turquoise waters, white sand beaches, and mangrove swamps, there is never a shortage of natural beauty to take in on this 40 - kilometer tropical paradise.

The river is closely lined with swamps of black mangrove, which are protected by law and provide stability for the banks as well as habitat for many species of animals and birds.

There is a low coastal plain, much of it covered with mangrove swamp, but the land rises gradually towards the interior.The Maya Mountains and the Cockscomb Range form the backbone of the southern half of the country, the highest point being Victoria Peak (3,669 feet) in the Cockscomb Range.

This fact and the convenient proximity of most communities to tourism activities, like mangrove swamp boat trips and winter skydiving, make investing in real estate a great bet.

Encompassing thirteen vegetation types including montane and cloud forests and palm and mangrove swamps, Corcovado is home to more than 500 tree species and an astonishing amount of wildlife: three toed sloths, white - faced capuchin and mantled howler monkeys, and several jungle felines, including jaguar and pumaa.

Fig. 2 Bromeliad in bloom: note the flower growing at top of central stalk; very common in mangrove swamp.

The Basil Jones area consists of a seaward beach ridge and leeward mangrove swamp with a broad intervening plateau of palm thicket.

Extending north from Punta Nosara, this beautiful black sand beach offers visitors a fantastic variety of flora and fauna and is backed by a mangrove swamp.

From cloud forest to mangrove swamp, the park's astounding biodiversity includes an estimated 500 species of trees, approximately 140 species of mammal, over 360 species of bird, nearly 120 species of reptiles and amphibians, and over 6,000 species of insects.

This swamp is made primarily of mangrove trees and hundreds of bird colonies.

Among Manuel Antonio National Park's primary and secondary forests, mangrove swamps, coves, and beautiful white - sandy beaches live 109 mammal species and over 180 documented species of birds.

The West Bali National Park, established in 1941, covers 77,000 hectares of wooded slopes, savannah, rainforest, monsoon forest, mangrove swamp and coastal flats, and is the only remaining natural habitat of the endangered jalak putih,...

Much of the coastline of the mainland is low coastal plain covered with mangrove swamp.

These in turn are the prey of larger fish, crabs, birds, etc. that live in the mangrove swamps.

Spend the day of your Tropic Air Cave tubing & Airboat Tour zipping through the mangrove swamps on an exciting airboat ride, seeing mangrove swamps filled with crocodiles, turtles and thousands of birds.

Palo Verde Estuary It is inhabited by mangrove swamps where there is a wide variety of species, from mammals and hundreds of birds

The tour continues south along the peninsula to the lagoon of Boca Paila where we turn inland and enter the narrow 11 km natural canal which traverses the expansive mangrove swamp and savanna grassland which comprise much of the center of Sian Ka'an.

The reserve encompasses more than five square miles of ecologically linked coral reef, sea grass meadows and coastal mangrove swamp habitats.

Encompassing thirteen vegetation types including montane and cloud forests and palm and mangrove swamps, Corcovado is home to more than 500 tree species, and an astonishing host of wildlife, such as: two and three toed sloths, the endangered squirrel monkey, white faced capuchin and mantled howler monkeys, and several jungle felines, including jaguar and puma.

On northern Two Caye, in the southern mangrove swamp environment, there is a population of Crocodylius accutus, the American crocodile.