Un manglar

Question

a mangrove - un manglar. What is a mangrove?

Cheer up Hecho, sometimes you just get too much knowledge on this site.. - annierats, Nov 29, 2011

Answer 1

Un "bosque" de árboles acuáticos de aguas salinas, manglares - mangrove, según ilustra Chileno. Wikipedia lo explica bastante bien.

I expect Wikipedia gives a beter answer, but I think my summary is ok. - annierats, Nov 29, 2011

Please read my comments under your post, Annie. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

Gekkossan, some of us have to work. It takes up unfortunate amounts of time. - annierats, Nov 29, 2011

There are trillions of wildlife programmes anyway, not many of which are dedicated to Englsih bogs. - annierats, Nov 29, 2011

@ Annie: I have no idea what you mean by that. I work, quite a lot, and very long hours, which is why I have drastically reduced the amount of time I spend here. Please state your point, since it will save us both valuable time. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

You made a comment, and I took the time to read your post, consider it, and provide an appropriate answer. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

I also don't understand the reference to wildlife programs or English bogs, which are in fact pantanos, but not manglares. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

Gekkosan, I'm terribly busy, terribly, plese send PM, I have no time at all for this at the moment. - annierats, Dec 2, 2011

Answer 2

link

Try that link please

EDIT:

I would say that the Florida everglades are a mangrove?

Answer 3

For Gekkossan:

Only because there is no room in the comments. In Spain pantanos are artifical lakes, large dams. They store water and sometimes are used to provide electricity as well.

This leads to hilarious mis-translations. I was once taken to see a house, described in English as in the middle of a swamp, with wonderful views. It was on a hill, above a pantano. It had some of the most stunning views I have ever seen. If I had had the money, I would have bought it, only it lacked escrituras. This is clearly a difference between continents..

Indeed. We're not, however, trying to define "pantano", but mangrove, which is not the same as pantano, specially *that* type of pantano, here or in Spain. I do appreciate you pointing out a definition of pantano I did not know, though. Thank you! - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

Thank you gekkosan, I'm teribly busy at the moment. Sorry to be days behind the action. - annierats, Dec 2, 2011

Answer 4

A swampy place. In England we only have bogs, which is sinky ground without exotic trees or alligators. There are few, if any, tourists. Abroad they have swamps which are sinky places full of tropical diseases, exciting rare animals and birds and strange natives who paddle around on tree-tunks. There may also be a few tourists in these places.

Not exactly, Annie. A swamp is "un pantano". A manglar is a mangrove forest. Although both share some qualities (i.e. lots of water and bugs), a swamp does not necessarily have mangrove trees, and is usually created by fresh water flooding. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

Mangove forests, on the other hand, are always formed near or around the seashore, and always contain salt or at least brackish water, never fresh water. The distinctive, most important feature, in any event, are the mangrove trees. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

(Click on the link Chileno provided, to see the Mangrove trees. Oysters usually grow among their roots. - Gekkosan, Nov 29, 2011

Pantoano, in Spain is an artifical lake. I haven't got time for all these links! - annierats, Nov 29, 2011