UPSC Geography Oceans and Continents / महासागरों और महाद्वीपों Question Bank Oceans and Marine Resources / Canals etc

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    The largest delta of the world is

    A)  Amazon basin

    B)  Congo basin

    C)  Sundervan delta

    D)  Godavari basin

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     The Sunder ban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh. The seasonally flooded Sundar bans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The BUS forest covers 10,000 km, of which about 6.000 are in Bangladesh. It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997.


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