Summary
Mangroves are special trees that live near water and keep the land safe.
Key Points
3 points1
West Bengal has the biggest mangrove area in the whole country.
2
The leader wants to bring back mangroves that were taken away.
3
Healthy mangroves protect people from strong waves.
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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