Southern Africa mangroves

Southern Africa mangroves
Southern Africa mangroves
	red mangrove crab (Neosarmatium meinerti) at iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
	location of the Southern Africa mangroves (in blue)
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	Mangrove
Geography
Area	947 km2 (366 sq mi)
Countries	South Africa; Mozambique;
Elevation	sea level
Conservation
Protected	229 km2 (24%)

The Southern Africa mangroves are mangrove ecoregion on the Mozambique's southernmost coast and the eastern coast of South Africa.

^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

Southern Africa mangroves
red mangrove crab (Neosarmatium meinerti) at iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa
location of the Southern Africa mangroves (in blue)
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	Mangrove
Geography
Area	947 km² (366 sq mi)
Countries	South Africa Mozambique
Elevation	sea level
Conservation
Protected	229 km² (24%)^[1]