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).
The very dense mangrove comprises 1,403 sq.km(30.10 % of the mangrove cover), moderately dense mangrove is 1,658.12 sq.km (35.57%) while open mangroves cover an area of 1,600.44 sq.km (34.33%). Compared with 2009 assessment, there has been a net increase of 23.34 sq.km in the mangrove cover of the country.