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Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন) (pronounced / s ʌ n ˈ d ɑːr b ə n z /) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges 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]
Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph. The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta [1]) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
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.
Sundarbans (West Bengal): The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in India and is part of the Ganges delta. It spans India and Bangladesh and is home to the endangered Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris), saltwater crocodiles, and diverse bird species. [ 3 ]
The Ganges Delta is “a really exciting place to work because it has these big, dynamic river channels,” said Dr. Elizabeth Chamberlain, lead author of a new study published June 17 in the ...
The Lower Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion of Bangladesh and India.The ecoregion covers an area of 254,100 square kilometres (98,100 sq mi), comprising most of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Tripura, and extending into adjacent states of Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and a tiny part of Assam, as well as ...
The Ganges Delta, formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden flows of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, is the world's largest delta, at about 64,000 km 2 (25,000 sq mi). [30] It stretches 400 km (250 mi) along the Bay of Bengal .
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is the river delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers when they enter the Bay of Bengal. Spread over the Bengal region, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, it is the world's largest river delta and is one of the most fertile regions of the plains.