Sundarban of Bangladesh
The Sundarbans is a mangrove delta area formed by the confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It covers the area from the Baleswar River in Khulna Division in Bangladesh to the Hooghly River in West Bengal State in India. It includes closed and open mangrove forests, agricultural land, tidal flats and arid areas crossed by numerous rivers and tidal channels. The Sundarbans are home to the largest mangrove area in the world.Four protected areas in the Sundarbans are UNESCO World Heritage Sites viz.Sundarbans West (Bangladesh), Sundarbans South (Bangladesh), Sundarbans East (Bangladesh) and Sundarbans National Park (India). Despite these protections, Indian Sundarbans were listed as Vulnerable in a 2020 assessment. under the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems.The Sundarbans mangroves cover an area of about 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 sq mi), of which the forests of Khulna Division in Bangladesh cover more than 6,017 square kilometers (2,323 sq mi) and We...