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• Mohammad Hamidur Rahman
• Lelel-1 term-2
• Student Id-1315012
B a y o f B e n g a l
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Bay of Bengal
Sundarbans
• Area - 40,500 sq km
• Population - 30 million
• 62% land cultivable
• 10% Forest, Sundarbans
• Only remaining habitats
for the Royal Bengal Tiger
Sundarban is
the largest
single block of
tidal
halophytic
mangrove
forest in the
world and
recognised as
World Heritage
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The forest covers 10,000 square kilometres
(3,900 sq mi) of which about 6,000 square
kilometres (2,300 sq mi) are in Bangladesh.. The
Indian part of Sundarbans is estimated to be
about 4,110 square kilometres (1,590 sq miles)
Sunderban has a
rich and diversified
flora and fauna.
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The
Sundarbans
plays an
important role
in the
economy of
the
southwestern
region of
Bangladesh
as well as in
the national
economy
In the last few decades depletion of the Mangrove Forest is observed due to Geo-climatic changes in the region including sudden effect of natural
disaster like “Aila (2009)”, deteriorating ecological balance as well
as endangering the existence of remote settlements.
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Man made hazards
In August 2010, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and India's state-owned
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) where they designated to
implement the coal based Rampal power station by 2016.[1] The proposed
project, on an area of over 1834 acres of land, is situated 14 kilometres
north of the sundarbanslargest mangrove
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On 9 December 2014 an oil-tanker named Southern Star
VII,[1] carrying 358,000 of furnace oil, was sunk in the Sela
river of Sundarbans after it had been hit by a cargo
vessel.[1] The oil spread over 350 km2 (140 sq mi) area
after the clash, as of December 17.