GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganges Brahmaputra Delta, also named Ganges Delta, Sunderban Delta or Bengal Delta is situated in Asia where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal. It is, with a surface area of some 100.000 km2, the world’s largest Delta.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sunderbans delta formed by the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra is the largest delta in the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Background: Okavango Delta, otherwise known as the “Okavango Swamp, ” is formed when water from the Angolan highlands flows onto the Okavango river, reaches a tectonic trough in the central Kalahari Desert, where it empties and evaporates without ever reaching the ocean.

Detailed explanation-4: -Covering an area of around 100 000 sq km, the Ganges Delta lies in both Bangladesh and the State of West Bengal in India. The delta is formed mainly by the large, sediment-laden waters of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta, which spans most of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India empties into the Bay of Bengal, is the world’s largest delta. The Selenga River delta in the Russian republic of Buryatia is the largest delta emptying into a body of fresh water, in its case Lake Baikal.