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Designated. 30 January 2019. Reference no. 2370 [ 5 ] Sundarbans (pronounced / sʌnˈdɑːrbənz /) is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. Spread across parts of India and Bangladesh, this forest is the largest mangrove forest in the world. [ 6 ]
2370 [1] The Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. It is located to south-west of Bangladesh. The delta is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one ...
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, ... The forest covers 10,000 km 2 (3,900 sq mi) of which about 6,000 km 2 (2,300 sq mi) are in Bangladesh.
Nijhum Dweep National Park covers approximately 16,352 ha (163.52 km 2) of mangrove forests biome. The land was declared as national park by the Bangladesh government on 8 April 2001 under the Wildlife Act of 1974. [1] The waters nearby was declared as the Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area in 2019. [2]
Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans, is the study of environmental impact on Sundarban, the largest single tract mangrove forest. It consist of a geographical area of 9,629 square kilometres (3,718 sq mi), including 4,185 square kilometres (1,616 sq mi) of reserve forest land, and is a natural region located partly in southern Bangladesh and partly in the Indian state of West ...
Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected forest in Bangladesh, extends over an area of 31,227 ha. of mangrove forest. It was established in 1977 under the Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974, having previously been a forest reserve. It is the most fertile of the three, non-adjoining wildlife sanctuaries established ...
The Sundarbans, a tidal mangrove forest covering nearly 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi) along the Bay of Bengal, is the source of timber used for a variety of purposes, including pulp for the domestic paper industry, poles for electric power distribution, and leaves for thatching for dwellings. [1] The total percentage of forests are 10. ...
Coordinates: 21.789°N 89.193°E. River in the Sundarbans. Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and animal sanctuary in Bangladesh. The area of the reserve covers 715 km 2. [1] It is part of the larger Sundarbans region, one of the largest mangroveforests in the world. It is formed at the unified delta of the ...