The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the ...

The Sundarbans estuarine mangroves, spanning the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers along the Bay of Bengal, constitute the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem. This expansive ...

The Sundarbans, at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, is the only mangrove habitat in the world where tigers occur. Image by ...

“The Sundarbans is our mother,” said Joydev ... Sandhya Rana navigates her flooded village. Like many on the Bay of Bengal coast in India and Bangladesh, her family members are struggling ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The Sundarbans, spread across 10,200 sq. km in the lower deltaic region of Bengal, is the world's largest pro-grading delta. Most ...

It is the delta of this river that forms most of Bangladesh’s fertile plains and travels slowly down to the Bay of Bengal ... Famous among these are the Sundarbans in Bengal, and as geography ...

The Sundarbans is crisscrossed by numerous rivers, streams and canals, which overflow during high tide, allowing water to enter the forest. However, when a fire breaks out in the Sundarbans, an ...

Kolkata: About two years ago, Rina Sarkar went to catch crabs with her husband when the duo encountered a tiger in the Sundarbans. Rina fainted at its sight. But as she regained consciousness ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of today, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 6:40am (local ...