A dense mangrove swamp extended some distance beyond high-water mark.

Its coastline is blanketed in dense mangrove forest and dotted with small, often uninhabited islands.

We found a broad expanse studded with dense mangrove flats, and it was with difficulty we ascertained which was the main channel.

Here and there are open spaces of water or clusters of trees, but most of it is bog and quagmire and dense mangrove thickets.

The reeds protected the point on one side, dense mangroves on the other.

Half an hour's paddling across the still waters of the harbour brought us to a narrow creek, lined on each side with dense mangroves.