GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Forest Ecosystem
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Mangrove Ecosystem
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Grassland Ecosystem
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Marine Ecosystem
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mangrove ecosystem. Hint: The trees and shrubs of this ecosystem grow in saline or brackish water. It can also be defined as tropical coastal vegetation. The Sunderbans delta is formed in the Bay of Bengal with the confluence of three rivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. Named after the dominant mangrove tree species, Heritiera fomes, known as sundri in Bengali, Sundarbans itself literally means ‘beautiful forest’ in Bengali.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Tidal forest. Tidal forests grow mainly in the deltaic regions of the Ganga, Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna which are flooded by tides and high sea waves.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sundarbans, The largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, located in the southwestern part of Bangladesh. It lies on the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta at the point where it merges with the bay of bengal.