The Sundarbans

World Heritage

Bangladesh

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The Sundarbans Mangroves are one of the largest mangrove forests in the world (140,000 hectares) and are located on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the Indian Sundarbans Frontier, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987. Intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and islets of salt-tolerant mangroves, the site is an excellent example of continuous ecological processes. The area is known for its wide variety of fauna, including 260 bird species, Bengal tigers and other endangered species such as estuarine crocodiles and Indian pythons.

SPOT satellite image of Sundarbans, released by CNES

Village in a clearing of Sundarbans. Drawing by Frederic Peter Layard after an original sketch of 18...

Sundarbans a few months after Cyclone Sidr

A Bengal tiger in the Sundarbans

Sundari tree (Heritiera littoralis)

Ecoregion IM406, also known as the Sundarbans Mangroves ecoregion

Map of the Sundarbans

Deep in the Sundarbans

A grey-headed fish eagle

Extinct Indian Javan rhinoceros of Sunderbans, drawing from 1877

A saltwater crocodile in the Sundarban Crocodile Breeding Center

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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