This was mostly mangrove swamp and jungle, broken by rivers and creeks. Another important brackish water habitat is the mangrove swamp or mangal. This ecoregion consists of mangroves and freshwater swamp forests. Many wetlands are found nearby, including Honey Island Swamp and Barataria Preserve. She characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a stagnant swamp. North of the peninsula and swamp land Mettnau lies the lake part Markelfinger Winkel. The Stenkul Fiord site represents a series of deltaic swamp and floodplain forests. The coast has areas of low-lying Guinean mangroves swamp. In the 18th century, Dharavi was an island with a predominantly mangrove swamp. The lake also has large areas of swamp and reedbeds. They also dried wild rice, which grew in swamp lands. Honey Swamp is the daughter of the Honey Island Swamp monster. The Okefenokee is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America. Man-Thing also escapes disappearing into the Swamp. This often proved difficult due to mist in the swamp.