Mumbai aerials: creeks, mangroves and swamps

Описание: An aerial view of Mumbai's creek's, mangroves and swamps.

Even as recently as a hundred years ago, Mumbai was markedly quieter: a myriad wetland ecosystem of mangrove forests and tropical birds hugging the picturesque Arabian Sea.

What is now one long concrete peninsula was once seven biologically-rich marsh islands. Then, bird and insect calls were on the symphonic menu; today, it's honking horns and the buzz of a quarter-million auto rickshaws. As the city exploded, the mangroves were leveled, the inter-island waterways were filled with debris and concrete, and lo and behold, Bombay became a singular entity, from heavily-touristed Colaba in the south to sprawling Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park in the north. The park, a blessed exception to Mumbai's insatiable lust for development, is home to free-ranging leopards, hyenas, and deer, and acts as the city's one functioning lung after most of the mangroves were destroyed.

Let's be clear: mangrove trees are indispensable to their ecosystem - without them there are no wetlands. Besides providing habitat for terrestrial, arboreal, and aquatic creatures, the root system of a mangrove forest is thick and complex – thousands of fingers holding the terra firmly in place. Without that crisscrossing groundwork, run-off occurs more frequently and whatever is put into the land – fertilizers, pesticides, toxins – flows into the ocean. A healthy mangrove forest acts as a barricade, preventing not only erosion, but also guarding terrestrial species (humans included) from phenomena like tsunamis. And those perks come packaged in a habitat for birds, reptiles, fishes, and amphibians – especially for hatchlings ensconced in the dense network of roots, safe from larger, predatory species who cannot navigate the tight spaces.

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