The document discusses the Sundarban mangrove forests located in India and Bangladesh, which form the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world along the Ganges and Brahmaputra river deltas. It notes that the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve contains the only mangrove forests that are home to the Bengal tiger, and that the reserve supports a wide variety of flora and fauna including estuarine crocodiles, deer, monkeys, eagles, snakes, and dolphins. The document also mentions that the Sundarban forests are important economically and culturally, and have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

1. The Sundarban of India and Bangladesh
form the world’s most colossal mangrove
delta complex in the estuarine phase of the
Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers.
 Etymology
 Biosphere Reserve
Sundarban Mangroves
 Able exploiters of saline habitats
 Adaptations to low oxygen
 Limiting Salt intake
 Limiting water loss
 Nutrient uptake
 Mangrove Offspring
Sundarban Bio-sphere Reserve
 Only mangrove tiger land on the globe (Royal Bengal Tiger)
 Wide Flora
 Diverse Fauna (Estuarine crocodiles,Chital deers,Rhesus Macaque,Grey Fish
Eagle,Snakes,Gangetic Dolphins etc)
 Climate Change Impact
 Importance (Economy, Cultural) – UNESCO World Heritage Site Presentation By:
Abhishek Das
20131056For more info refer to bbc.uk.co