a woodland or shrubland habitat where mangroves tend to grow
mangrove swamp in American English
noun
a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees
Word origin
[1850–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, ethos, headhunting, muggins, proletariat
Examples of 'mangrove swamp' in a sentence
mangrove swamp
Stingrays and flounders puddle gently along the seabed beneath a mangrove swamp.
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We're heading for the mangrove swamp that spills onto the beach, a bonsai rainforest of pungent twilit tunnels, where light struggles to penetrate.
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Among the final challenges are a 300ft abseil down a waterfall and a tricky navigational task through a mangrove swamp.
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Vast numbers of tropical wading birds make their home here, in a region that contains the largest mangrove swampin the western hemisphere.
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There was rainforest, savanna, desert, mangrove swamp, an ocean with a coral reef and a farm where they would grow their own food.
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Beyond them, the shore is mostly mangrove swamps and pretty fishing villages.
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Be transported back to a primordial world in the mangrove swamps.
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She made a ten-day visit, which included hair-raising expeditions through tropical mangrove swamps.
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Gird yourself for do-or-die drives across throbbing mangrove swamps and crags of frozen lava.
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The scheme also helped to reforest the mangrove swamps.