page_title: Gulf of Panama mangroves
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Gulf of Panama mangroves / Geography / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Gulf of Panama, converted from CIA World Factbook PDF map, with data added (Gulf of Panama etc.).
context_page_description: The Gulf of Panama mangroves is an ecoregion along the Pacific coast of Panama, Colombia. The mangroves experience seasonal flooding with high levels of sediment, and occasional extreme storms or very low rainfall due to El Niño effects. They are important as a breeding or nursery area for marine species.
  Areas of the mangroves have been recognized as Important Bird Areas and Ramsar wetlands.
  The ecoregion has been severely degraded by clearance of mangroves for agriculture, pasturage and shrimp farming, by urban pressure around Panama City, and by pollution related to the Panama Canal.
context_section_description: The Gulf of Panama mangroves (NT1414) extend from the Gulf of Parita past Chame Bay and Panama Bay to the Bay of San Miguel.
  They cover an area of 900 square miles (2,300 km²).
  In the west and the extreme southeast the mangroves fringe areas of Panamanian dry forests. 
  In the center and east they fringe an area of Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests.
caption: Gulf of Panama with minor gulfs.
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