An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants and animals in an area, considered together with the non-living factors of the environment. For example, a lake and all the plants and animals that it contains.

A habitat is the locality or external environment where a plant or animal lives. For example, a lake, a forest.

Mangrove swamps are found along tropical seacoasts on both sides of the equator. Mangrove swamps, to most people, look like muddy, swampy places filled with insects and snakes. They are a forest community that bridges the gap between land and sea. Mangroves are found along estuaries of large rivers, in sheltered intertidal coastal settings that include lagoons, bays, tidal creeks and inlets - where fresh water meets salt water. They are characterised by salt-loving trees and shrubs and other plants growing in brackish to saline tidal waters.

They are three types of mangroves trees; white mangroves, black mangroves and red mangroves. The white mangrove (laguncularia racemosa) grows inland. They can grow to heights of about 15-18 meters.

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