Guinean mangroves

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Guinean mangroves are coastal wetland ecosystems along the West African shoreline, dominated by salt-tolerant mangrove trees that provide critical habitat, coastal protection, and nursery grounds for marine life.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal wetland ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
mangrove ecosystem ⓘ
biome mangrove forest ⓘ
climateZone subtropical ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
conservationAction mangrove restoration projects ⓘ
protected area designation ⓘ
conservationStatus degraded in many areas ⓘ
dominantVegetation salt-tolerant mangrove trees ⓘ
foundInCountry Angola ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Congo ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia

Guinea ⓘ
Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
habitatFor crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
marine turtles ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
mollusks ⓘ
hydrology tidally influenced ⓘ
locatedAlong Atlantic Ocean coast ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic coast
locatedIn West Africa ⓘ
partOf Guinean–Congolian coastal ecosystems ⓘ
provideEcosystemService carbon sequestration ⓘ
coastal protection ⓘ
nursery habitat for marine life ⓘ
shoreline stabilization ⓘ
water filtration ⓘ
recognizedBy WWF ecoregion classification ⓘ
soilType saline soils ⓘ
supportHumanActivity fuelwood collection ⓘ
honey production ⓘ
small-scale fisheries ⓘ
timber harvesting ⓘ
traditional medicine harvesting ⓘ
threatenedBy aquaculture expansion ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
coastal development ⓘ
overharvesting of wood ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guinean forests of West Africa → adjacentTo → Guinean mangroves ⓘ
Tsévié → nearbyGeographicalFeature → Guinean coastal plain ⓘ
linked to: Guinean mangroves
Wouri River → near → Cameroon estuarine mangroves ⓘ
linked to: Guinean mangroves
Lagoon of Porto-Novo → partOf → Guinean Gulf coastal lagoon system ⓘ
linked to: Guinean mangroves
Lagoon of Porto-Novo → partOf → West African coastal wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Guinean mangroves