The Sundarbans is a natural region in Bengal. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is approximately 10,000 km2 of which 60% is located in Bangladesh with the remainder in India The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sundarbans South, East and West are three protected forests in Bangladesh.

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Mangrove

Mangroves  are various large and extensive types of trees up to medium height and  shrubs  that grow in  sediment habitats in the tropics  and  subtropics – mainly between  latitudes  25° N and 25° S. The remaining mangrove forest areas of the world in 2000 was 53,190 square miles (…
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i. Natural Mangrove Forests ii. Mangrove Plantation

i. Natural Mangrove Forests The largest single tract of natural mangrove forest is the Sundarban. It consists of a total of 6,01,700 hectare which is 4.07% of total land mass of the country and 40% of total forest land. Sundarban harbours 334 species of trees, shrubs and epyp…
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