New Guinea mangroves

New Guinea mangroves
New Guinea mangroves
Location of the New Guinea mangroves (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Australasian realm
Biome	mangroves
Borders	List Biak–Numfoor rain forests Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests Southeastern Papuan rain forests, Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands Vogelkop–Aru lowland rain forests
Geography
Area	25,303 km2 (9,770 sq mi)
Countries	Indonesia Papua New Guinea
Provinces	Papua West Papua (Indonesia) Central East Sepik Gulf Madang Sandaun, Western (Papua New Guinea)
Coordinates	5°06′S 137°42′E / 5.1°S 137.7°E / -5.1; 137.7
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Protected	5,833 km² (23%)[1]

The New Guinea mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that covers extensive areas of the coastline New Guinea, the large island in the western Pacific Ocean north of Australia.^[2][3][4]