⛰️Andean #Rivers “carry nutrients through the vast #AmazonRiver basin, some 4,000 miles across the South American continent. In the #rainforest and delta estuaries, another, more ethereal—but no less essential—river is forming.” ~@DHRasolt. @NautilusMag
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Florida’s #wetlands,from inland freshwater swamps, marshes, bogs and Cypress Domes,to brackish mangrove swamps,harbor tremendous #biodiversity and ecosystem services. More than 30% of #Florida is wetlands, around 90% of which are freshwater.https://t.co/zyPPAjHLhs #NatureBeauty
🌳Mangrove #forests serve a range of vital functions, such as flood and erosion control, carbon
sequestration and as an aquatic nursery for many fish species. Mangroves are also critical for terrestrial
biodiversity, such as #birds and #megabats. #nature#Philippines#Travel
The flooded #forests surrounding #Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake,which includes Barringtonia acutangula
(commonly referred to as freshwater mangroves),are breeding grounds for many endemic fish species,
and also a habitat for terrestrial #wildlife, including rare and endangered birds.
🌳Cypress trees are common to Florida’s wetland ecosystems and are critical for biodiversity,
flood control, water quality and much more. They can live for hundreds to even thousands of years. #water#nature#Florida Rivers #conservation#Health
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🌲Pine #trees are conifers that are widely distributed throughout cool-temperate and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere, such as the Alpine forests of the majestic Himalayan #Mountains.
#Himalaya#Nepal#travelphotography#nature
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Astrocaryum chambira, also known as “cumare,” is important to the socio-ecological systems of several Amazonian #Indigenouspeoples. Koregüaje women make crafts of deep cultural significance from cumare fiber. @Revelator_News@InstitutoSINCHI https://t.co/qvFhFhnPJF #sustainable
🐟 About 80% of Cambodia's population depends on freshwater fish for their diet and livelihood. In #Cambodia, the Tonle Sap Lake, which connects to the Mekong river, has been known as one of the world's most productive freshwater fisheries! #Health#nature#Sustainability
🚧“Development” along the #Mekong River Basin, especially in the form of #hydroelectric dams, has caused both local and basin-scale impacts, with traditional rural and #fishing communities in downstream #Cambodia and #Vietnam hit hardest.
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