U Minh Coast

The U Minh coast faces the Gulf of Thailand on the western side of the Cà Mau peninsula. Behind its low shore lie the wetlands of the Mekong Delta, including peat swamps associated with melaleuca forest. Mangroves fringe much of the delta's coast, where river-borne sediment has accumulated over centuries. The peninsula grew outward as sediment was carried alongshore, forming an extensive landscape of marshes and swamps.