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The Sea Soldier

Human beings, biologically called as Homo-Sapiens, are species famous for haunting anything in their surrounding be it on land, air or even in the depths of water. They are blamed for making many species go extinct and our dear soldiers of sea, Mangroves are undergoing similar fate. Mangroves are various types of trees up to medium height and  shrubs  that grow in  saline  coastal sediment habitats in the  tropics  and subtropics . Mangroves make a special saltwater  woodland  or shrub land   habitat , called a mangrove swamp or mangrove forest. These swamp in turn protect the shores from high tides by acting as resistance and reducing the intensity. Moreover numerous fish use them as shelter and lay eggs in the swamps. Seeds collected from Sea In Pakistan, mangroves are located mainly along the delta of the Indus River (the Indus River Delta-Arabian Sea mangroves eco region). Major mangrove forests are found on the coastline of the provinces of Sindh and Baluchista