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Sunderbans

The Sundarbans
সুন্দরবন
Tiger Sundarbans Tiger Reserve 22.07.2015.jpg
Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans
Map showing the location of The Sundarbans
Map showing the location of The Sundarbans
Location in Bangladesh
Location Khulna Division, Bangladesh and South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Nearest city

Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Namkhana, Gosaba, Canning in Bangladesh

Kolkata in India
Coordinates 21°57′N 89°11′E / 21.950°N 89.183°E / 21.950; 89.183Coordinates: 21°57′N 89°11′E / 21.950°N 89.183°E / 21.950; 89.183
Area 139,500 ha (539 sq mi)
Established 1991
Governing body

Government of Bangladesh

Government of India
Type Natural
Criteria ix, x
Designated 1997 (21st session)
Reference no. 798
State Party  Bangladesh  India
Region Asia-Pacific
Official name Sundarbans Reserved Forest
Designated 21 May 1992

Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Namkhana, Gosaba, Canning in Bangladesh

Government of Bangladesh

The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন, Shundôrbôn) is a natural region in southern Bangladesh and extreme southern part of the Indian state of West Bengal in the vast river delta on the Bay of Bengal. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans covers approximately 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) most of which is in Bangladesh with the remainder in India. The Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sundarbans South, East and West are three protected forests in Bangladesh. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Shundôr, "beautiful" and bôn, "forest"). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees (the mangrove species Heritiera fomes) that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban, Shomudrobôn ("Sea Forest"), or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). However, the generally accepted view is the one associated with Sundari or Sundri trees.


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