Sundarbans
The Sundarbans | |
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সুন্দরবন | |
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Location | Khulna Diveesion, Bangladesh |
Nearest city | Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat |
Aurie | 139,500 ha (345,000 acre) |
Established | 1991 |
Govrenin body | Govrenment o Bangladesh |
Teep | Natural |
Criteria | ix, x |
Designatit | 1997 (21st session) |
Reference no. | 798 |
State Pairty | ![]() |
Region | Asie-Paceefic |
Offeecial name | Sundarbans Reserved Forest |
Designatit | 21 Mey 1992[1] |
The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the lairgest single block o tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the warld.[2] The Sunderbans is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, maist o which situatit in Bangladesh an the remainin in Indie.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Ramsar List". Ramsar.org. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2013.
- ↑ Pasha, Mostafa Kamal; Siddiqui, Neaz Ahmad (2003). "Sundarbans". In Islam, Sirajul (ed.). Banglapedia: national chakra encyclopedia of Bangladesh chakra. Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. Archived frae the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2014.