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A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sunderbans, a stretch of impenetrable mangrove forest of great size and bio-diversity, is a vast area covering 4264 square km in India alone. The Indian Sunderbans forms the largest Tiger Reserve and National Park in India.
The Sunderbans are a part of the world's largest delta formed by the mighty rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. Situated on the lower end of the Gangetic West Bengal, it is also the world’s largest estuarine forest. The Sunderbans is criss-crossed by hundreds of creeks and tributaries. It is one of the most attractive and alluring places remaining on earth, a truly undiscovered paradise.
Sundarbans National Park.
On the way back to Mongla.
Visit of traditional fishing village naimed Joymoni.
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Sundarbans means "beautiful forests," but the region may also have been named after the large number of Sundari trees that grow there in the salty coastal waters.
Source: wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/sundarbans_mangr...
CBA Site visit to Mongla, Khulna, Bangladesh. Climate change adaptation
Sundarban, world heritage site
The wonder called Sundarbans
- largest delta in the world
- huge bio-diversity
- a shield against natural calamities such as cyclones
- prevents erosion due to tidal action
- huge capacity to absorb pollutants from both air and water
- only mangrove forest that is also the home of Tigers
The world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans in Bangladesh suffer from climate change affects as sea water level goes higher than ever and enter into the forest, especially it increasing during high tide. Overflowing salty water and less raining has been a great threat for this unique natural beauty.
Malvaceae (mallow family) » Heritiera littoralis Aiton
her-ee-tee-ER-a -- named for Charles Louis de Brutelle L'Heritier, French botanist (best known for naming Eucalyptus)
lit-tor-AY-liss -- of the sea shore
commonly known as: looking glass mangrove, Sundarban mangrove, tulip mangrove • Bengali: সুন্দরী sundari • Kannada: ಚಂದ ಮರ chanda mara • Malayalam: മുകുരം mukuram • Marathi: सुंदरी sundari • Oriya: sundari • Tamil: சொன்முந்திரி conmuntiri, சுந்தரி cuntari, கண்ணாடியிலை kannati-y-ilai
Native to: tropical Africa, w Indian Ocean, s China, India, Indo-China, Malesia, w & e Australia, w Pacific
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • The Plants List