INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The landform created in the lower course of the Ganga-Brahmaputra river is the Sundarban delta. It is home to the Royal Bengal tigers and is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Sundarbans is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal.

Detailed explanation-4: –Option C: Sunderbans is a mangrove area and is formed on the delta of Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers. The most common species of mangrove tree that are found in Sunderbans is sundri after which it gets its name.

Detailed explanation-5: -When the Ganga flows towards West Bengal, it splits into two the Bhagirathi-Hooghly (a distributary) flows southwards through the deltaic plains to the Bay of Bengal. The main stream, flows southwards into Bangladesh and is joined by the Brahmaputra, thus resulting in the formation of a delta.