DRAINAGE OF INDIA
THE GANGA GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Tropical rainforests
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Tropical evergreen forests
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Mangrove forests
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Subtropical forests
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Detailed explanation-1: -Where the delta meets the Bay of Bengal, Sundarbans mangroves form the world’s largest mangrove ecoregion, covering an area of 20, 400 square kilometres (7, 900 sq mi) in a chain of 54 islands. They derive their name from the predominant mangrove species, Heritiera fomes, which are known locally as sundri or sundari.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mangrove forests are common in the delta region of Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.
Detailed explanation-3: –Option C: Sunderbans is a mangrove area and is formed on the delta of Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The deltas of the Ganges, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, and the Cauvery rivers contain mangrove forests. The backwaters in Kerala have a high density of mangrove forest. Pichavaram in Tamil Nadu has a vast expanse of water covered with mangrove forests. It is home to many aquatic bird species.
Detailed explanation-5: -Mangrove forests thrive near the mouths of large rivers where river deltas provide lots of sediment (sand and mud). In India, 1) Madhya Pradesh, 2) Chattishgarh and 4) Bihar are the states where mangrove forests are not found.