The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful jungle" in the Bengali language. The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers.
The forest situated in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal developed by the super confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across Saiyan southern Bangladesh and India. The seasonally-flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The forest covers 10,000 sq.km. of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh. It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage in 1997. The Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans is estimated to be about 4,110 km², of which about 1,700 km² is covered by waterbodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a few meters to several miles.
The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The interconnected network of waterways makes almost every corner of the forest accessible by boat. The area is known as home of Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. The fertile soils of the delta have been subject to intensive human use for centuries, and the ecoregion has been mostly converted to intensive agriculture, with few enclaves of forest remaining. The remaining forests, pain together with the Sundarbans mangroves, are important habitat for the endangered tiger. Additionally, the Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a protective barrier for the millions of inhabitants in and around coast line Bangladesh against the floods that result from the cyclones that are a regular occurrence on this coast. Sundarbans have also been enlisted amongst the finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature. So request to everyone for giving vote Sunderban. If it become as a natural wonder in front of the world it may save from destruction because world community and other stake holders are become more concern about the forest. So visit “ www.new7wonders.com and give your vote to Sunderban
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