INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION

NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sundarbans is in in ____
A
West Bengal
B
Andhra Pradesh
C
Tamil Nadu
D
none of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sundarbans Reserve Forest (SRF), located in the south-west of Bangladesh between the river Baleswar in the East and the Harinbanga in the West, adjoining to the Bay of Bengal, is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sundarbans National Park, large natural area in extreme southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sundarbans mangrove forest covers an area of about 10, 000 km2 (3, 900 sq mi), of which forests in Bangladesh’s Khulna Division extend over 6, 517 km2 (2, 516 sq mi) and in West Bengal, they extend over 3, 483 km2 (1, 345 sq mi) across the South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts.

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