The Sundarban Delta: Take a GeoTourism and know Various Geological Process !

Sundarbans National Park embroidered the world’s largest mangrove forest and one of the most biologically suitable places for all-natural ecosystems. The national park is a mazy network of tiny islands, mudflats, and tidal waterways, which present a very good natural awe-inspiring scenery in the region.

Sundarban situated in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal which comprises the largest mangrove forests in the world with a 1400 sq km area, lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. Sunderban is also the largest delta in the world. Sundarbans provide various globally endangered species including the Royal Bengal Tiger, Ganges and Irawadi dolphins, olive ridley turtle, estuarine crocodiles, and the critically endangered endemic river terrapin.

Sundarban provides a good example of ongoing ecological processes. it represents the process of delta formation and the subsequent colonization of the newly formed deltaic islands with mangrove communities. although, the Sundarbans have been losing ground and slowly subsiding. At the same time, the global sea level is rising, threatening the rate of land loss and increasing the flooding hazard here.