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This is a list of games that are played by children.Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder" is a toy).
The Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of Bangladesh and India. It represents the brackish swamp forests that lie behind the Sundarbans Mangroves, where the salinity is more pronounced. The freshwater ecoregion is an area where the water is only slightly brackish and becomes quite fresh during ...
A food swamp is an urban environment with few grocery stores but several non-nutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants. One definition gives a general ratio of four unhealthy options for each healthy option. [1] The term was first coined by researchers conducting longitudinal studies of the link between increased ...
A swamp is a forested wetland. [1] Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in creating this environment. [2] Swamps vary in size and are located all around the world. The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackish water, or seawater.
Lukanga Swamp is a major wetland in the Central Province of Zambia, about 50 km west of Kabwe. [ 2] Its permanently swampy area consists of a roughly circular area with a diameter of 40 to 50 km covering 1850 km 2, plus roughly 250 km 2 in the mouths of and along rivers discharging into it such as the Lukanga River from the north-east, plus ...
The swamp is located on the east coast of Trinidad, immediately inland from the Manzanilla Bay through Biche and covers over 60 square kilometres (23 mi 2 ). The Nariva Swamp is extremely biodiverse. It is home to 45 mammal species, 39 reptile species, 33 fish species, 204 bird species, 19 frog species, 213 insect species and 15 mollusc species ...
The study was born out of the need to verify the popular conception that mangrove clearing in Belize was rampant. [ 127 ] Instead, the assessment showed, between 1980 and 2010, under 16 km 2 (6.2 sq mi) of mangroves had been cleared, although clearing of mangroves near Belize's main coastal settlements (e.g. Belize City and San Pedro) was ...
Bubalus bubalis. Carabaos (Filipino: kalabáw) are a genetically distinct population of swamp-type water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis kerabau) from the Philippines. [1] They descended from domesticated swamp buffalo populations from Taiwan that were introduced to the Philippines in the Neolithic via the Austronesian expansion.