Sundarbans
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Sundarbans is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's
Inside the Sundarbans
Village in a clearing of the Sundarbans. Drawing by Frederic Peter Layard after an original sketch of 1839
Farm among paddy fields in the Sundarbans, 2010
SPOT satellite image of Sundarbans, released by CNES
Ganges Delta
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The Ganges Delta is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the world's largest river del
Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph
A typical landscape in the delta with palms, rice, flat, green and ponds
Bengal tiger
Rice, cattle and fishing in rivers and ponds are important sources of food.