Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'The Sundarbans' has mentioned 'River' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| It spans from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's division of Khulna. | WIKI |
| It then stretched for about 266 kilometres (165xc2xa0mi) from the mouth of the Hooghly River to the mouth of the Meghna River and was bordered inland by the three settled districts of the 24 Parganas, Khulna and Bakerganj. | WIKI |
| The Indian part of Sundarbans is estimated to be about 4,110xc2xa0km2 (1,590xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi), of which about 1,700xc2xa0km2 (660xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) is occupied by water bodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a few metres to several kilometres. | WIKI |
| To the south the forest meets the Bay of Bengal; to the east it is bordered by the Baleswar River and to the north there is a sharp interface with intensively cultivated land. | WIKI |
| The natural drainage in the upstream areas, other than the main river channels, is everywhere impeded by extensive embankments and polders. | WIKI |
| The Sunderbans mudflats (Banerjee, 1998) are found at the estuary and on the deltaic islands where low velocity of river and tidal current occurs. | WIKI |
| The river terrapin, Indian flap-shelled turtle (Lissemys punctata), peacock soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx hurum), yellow monitor, Asian water monitor, and Indian python. | WIKI |
| Fish and amphibians found in the Sundarbans include sawfish, butter fish, electric ray, common carp, silver carp, barb, river eels, starfish, king crab, fiddler crab, hermit crab, prawn, shrimps, Gangetic dolphins, skipper frogs, common toads and tree frogs. | WIKI |
| The endangered species that live within the Sundarbans and extinct species that used to be include the Bengal tiger, estuarine crocodile, northern river terrapin (Batagur baska), olive ridley sea turtle, Gangetic dolphin, ground turtles, hawksbill sea turtles and king crabs (horse shoe). | WIKI |
| On 9 December 2014 an oil-tanker named Southern Star VII,[59] carrying 358,000 litres (79,000xc2xa0impxc2xa0gal; 95,000xc2xa0USxc2xa0gal) of furnace oil,[60][61] was sunk in the Sela river[62] of Sundarbans after it had been hit by a cargo vessel. | WIKI |
| [63] The slick spread to a second river and a network of canals in the Sundarbans and blackened the shoreline. | WIKI |
| [62] On 13 December 2014, a dead Irrawaddy dolphin was seen floating on the Harintana-Tembulbunia channel of the Sela River. | WIKI |
| The region supports mangroves, including: sparse stands of Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha) and dense stands of Goran (Ceriops tagal), with discontinuous patches of Hantal palm (Phoenix paludosa) on drier ground, river banks and levees. | WIKI |
| The plot centres on a headstrong American cetologist who arrives to study a rare species of river dolphin, enlisting a local fisherman and translator to aid her. | WIKI |
| The Sundarbans Reserve Forest (SRF), located in the south-west of Bangladesh between the river Baleswar in the East and the Harinbanga in the West, adjoining to the Bay of Bengal, is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world. | UNESCO |
| The Sundarbans is of universal importance for globally endangered species including the Royal Bengal Tiger, Ganges and Irawadi dolphins, estuarine crocodiles and the critically endangered endemic river terrapin (Batagur baska). | UNESCO |