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June 15, 2025 at 07:22 AM
*🛡️Sundarban Biosphere Reserve*
♟️Sundarbans is the largest delta and mangrove forest in the world.
♟️The Indian Sunderbans, which covers 4,200 sq km, comprises of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve of 2,585 sq km is home to about 96 Royal Bengal Tigers (2020) is also a world heritage site and a Ramsar Site.
♟️The Indian Sunderbans is bound on the west by river Muriganga and on the east by rivers Harinbhahga and Raimangal.
♟️Other major rivers flowing through this eco-system are Saptamukhi, Thakuran, Matla and Goasaba.
♟️Recent studies claim that the Indian Sundarban is home to 2,626 faunal species and 90% of the country’s mangrove varieties.
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