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Question: Is it possible for a forest to border the ocean?
I’m creating a map of a fantasy world for a story I’m writing. Unfortunately, geography, ecology ( and all the other ologies) are not my strong suit.
I have a forest with parts of it directly against the coast line on its southern side and the western side of it thinning out into a beach.
The pictures have nothing to do with the content!!
The answer in the following:
Answer by Pepper1125
Yes.
Answer by Earth Man
Yes. The Pacific Northwest, the Amazon, the Congo, Central America, everything from eastern India to the South China Sea… even areas of the US Northeast, though not to such an exciting extent. Of course, most of these areas will have a small beach area, but that’s probably close enough, right?
Yup, it is possible, and it happens all over the world, and in a big way.
Answer by stilldebugging
Yes. One cool example is Mangrove forests. The plants have to be adapted to be near the saline water of the ocean, and in some cases they must be able to tolerate being submerged in water for prolonged periods. Start reading about them here to get some ideas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove
Answer by ET
that’s fine. But not too close. Salt water absorbed by trees will kill them.
Answer by Geology Rock Star
If you mean by no beach between the woods and the ocean, then yes
There are mangrove swamps that abut many tropical seas
Answer by JR
There certainly are many places where the forest borders the ocaen such as 99% of the British Columbia, Canada Pacific coastline. Don’t forget to include a mountain range on say the West side near the Ocean which will then let you include a Desert on the Eastern side at the lower latitudes.
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