Summary
Mangroves act like nature's shields for the coast.
Key Points
3 points1
Mangroves cover about 2,119 square kilometers in West Bengal.
2
They make up about 42 percent of all mangroves in the country.
3
The government plans to restore areas taken by people.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsMangrove
a kind of tree that lives in salty water and protects coasts
Encroachments
when people take land that belongs to nature
Restore
to bring back something that was lost
Sundarbans
a huge forest of mangrove trees in South Asia
Minister
a government leader in charge of a special area
State
a large part of a country, like West Bengal
Share
the part or amount compared to the whole
Cover
the area that something spreads over
National
relating to the whole country
Square kilometers
a way to measure a big piece of land
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