Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'The Sundarbans' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
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| The total area (including water) was estimated at 16,900 square kilometres (6,526xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi). | 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 |
| The total land area today is 4,143 square kilometres (1,600xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi), including exposed sandbars with a total area of 42 square kilometres (16xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi); the remaining water area of 1,874 square kilometres (724xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) encompasses rivers, small streams and canals. | WIKI |
| Rivers in the Sundarbans are meeting places of salt water and freshwater. | WIKI |
| Thus, it is a region of transition between the freshwater of the rivers originating from the Ganges and the saline water of the Bay of Bengal. | WIKI |
| The freshwater ecoregion is an area where the water is only slightly brackish and becomes quite fresh during the rainy season, when the freshwater plumes from the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers push the intruding salt water out and bring a deposit of silt. | WIKI |
| The commonly identifiable vegetation types in the dense Sundarbans mangrove forests are salt water mixed forest, mangrove scrub, brackish water mixed forest, littoral forest, wet forest and wet alluvial grass forests. | WIKI |
| The varieties of the forests that exist in Sundarbans include mangrove scrub, littoral forest, saltwater mixed forest, brackish water mixed forest and swamp forest. | WIKI |
| Besides the forest, there are extensive areas of brackish water and freshwater marshes, intertidal mudflats, sandflats, sand dunes with typical dune vegetation, open grassland on sandy soils and raised areas supporting a variety of terrestrial shrubs and trees. | WIKI |
| Historically vegetation types have been recognised in broad correlation with varying degrees of water salinity, freshwater flushing and physiography. | WIKI |
| [35] The Sundarbans is an important wintering area for migrant water birds[36] and is an area suitable for watching and studying avifauna. | WIKI |
| Some more popular birds found in this region are open billed storks, black-headed ibis, water hens, coots, pheasant-tailed jacanas, pariah kites, brahminy kites, marsh harriers, swamp partridges, red junglefowls, spotted doves, common mynahs, jungle crows, jungle babblers, cotton teals, herring gulls, Caspian terns, gray herons, brahminy ducks, spot-billed pelicans, great egrets, night herons, common snipes, wood sandpipers, green pigeons, rose-ringed parakeets, paradise flycatchers, cormorants, white-bellied sea eagles, seagulls, common kingfishers, peregrine falcons, woodpeckers, Eurasian whimbrels, black-tailed godwits, little stints, eastern knots, curlews, golden plovers, pintails, white-eyed pochards and lesser whistling ducks. | WIKI |
| The Sundarbans National Park is home to olive ridley turtle, hawksbill turtle, green turtle, sea snake, dog-faced water snake, estuarine crocodile, chameleon, king cobra, Russell's viper, house gecko, monitor lizard, pythons, common krait, green vine snake, checkered keelback and rat snake. | 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 |
| One particularly interesting fish is the mudskipper, a gobioid that climbs out of the water into mudflats and even climbs trees. | WIKI |
| Some species such as hog deer (Axis porcinus), water buffalos (Bubalus bubalis), barasingha or swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli), Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) and the mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) started to become extinct in the Sundarbans towards the middle of the 20th century, because of extensive poaching and hunting by the British. | WIKI |
| This, coupled with an around 1.5xc2xa0xc2xb0C (2.7xc2xa0xc2xb0F) rise in surface water temperatures and increased levels of salinity have posed a problem for the survival of the indigenous flora and fauna. | WIKI |
| The vegetated tidal lands of the Sundarbans function as an essential habitat, produces nutrients and purifies water. | WIKI |
| The water houseboat in the Sundarbans is also a recent attraction among the tourists. | WIKI |
| Another threat comes from deforestation and water diversion from the rivers inland, which causes far more silt to be brought to the estuary, clogging up the waterways. | WIKI |
| It is home to a rich population of different species of wildlife, such as water fowl, heron, pelican, spotted deer, rhesus macaques, wild boar, tigers, water monitor lizards, fishing cats, otters, olive ridley turtles, crocodiles, batagur terrapins, and migratory birds. | WIKI |
| The land area, including exposed sandbars, occupies 414,259 ha (70%) with water bodies covering 187,413 ha (30%). | UNESCO |
| Bestowed with magnificent scenic beauty and natural resources, it is internationally recognized for its high biodiversity of mangrove flora and fauna both on land and water. | UNESCO |
| The immense tidal mangrove forests of Bangladeshsxe2x80x99 Sundarbans Forest Reserve, is in reality a mosaic of islands of different shapes and sizes, perennially washed by brackish water shrilling in and around the endless and mind-boggling labyrinths of water channels. | UNESCO |
| The Sundarbans is the biggest delta, back water and tidal phenomenon of the region and thus provides diverse habitats for several hundreds of aquatic, terrestrial and amphibian species. | UNESCO |
| Natural calamities such as cyclones, have always posed threats on the values of the property and along with saline water intrusion and siltation, remain potential threats to the attributes. | UNESCO |
| The Sundarbans provides sustainable livelihoods for millions of people in the vicinity of the site and acts as a shelter belt to protect the people from storms, cyclones, tidal surges, sea water seepage and intrusion. | UNESCO |