Mangrove forests

The open encyclopedia Wikipedia says: Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics - mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. The remaining mangrove forest areas of the world in 2000 was 53,190 square miles (137,760 km?) spanning 118 countries and territories.[1][2] The word is used in at least three senses: (1) most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal,[3][page needed] for which the terms mangrove forest biome, mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, (2) to refer to all trees and large shrubs in the mangrove swamp, and (3) narrowly to refer to the mangrove family of plants, the Rhizophoraceae, or even more specifically just to mangrove trees of the genus Rhizophora. The term "mangrove" comes to English from Spanish (perhaps by way of Portuguese), and is of Caribbean origin, likely Taíno. It was earlier "mangrow" (from Portuguese mangue or Spanish mangle), but this was corrupted via folk etymology influence of "grove".

There are mangrove forests on Koh Chang as well. You can find them on the south-eastern coast. After turning left from the main road on one of the few crossroads on the island to its promontory, you will soon arrive to Salak Khok hamlet situated close to the mangrove forest.

Through the forest runs a suspended concrete path that actually presents a natural trail that has 10 stations providing all details about the local mangrove forest both in Thai and in English.