Guinean mangroves

Guinean mangroves
Guinean mangroves
	mangroves in the Sine-Saloum Delta, Senegal
	Map of the Guinean mangroves
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	mangrove
Borders	Eastern Guinean forests; Guinean forest-savanna mosaic,; Western Guinean lowland forests;
Geography
Area	22,165 km2 (8,558 sq mi)
Countries	List Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Senegal; Sierra Leone;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Protected	5,289 km2 (24%)

The Guinean mangroves (French: Mangroves guinéennes, Portuguese: Mangais guineenses) are a coastal ecoregion of mangrove swamps in rivers and estuaries near the ocean of West Africa from Senegal to Sierra Leone.

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