Clarissa /clar-is-sa/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced kla-RISS-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Clarissa is most bright, most famous.
The Mangrove forests of Suriname have a height of 20â25 m and are found mainly in the coastal area. There are six types of mangroves, namely two types of parwa or black mangroves, three types of red mangroves (mangro) and a small mangrove species (white mangrove, akira or tjila).
In high rainfall areas of far north Queensland mangroves can grow to 30 metres high. They can form dense, almost impenetrable stands of closed forests, often dominated by only one or two species, as well as less dense stands characterised as open forests and, to a lesser extent, woodlands.