The largest mangrove forest in the world, spanning the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across Bangladesh and India. It is the last major stronghold of the Bengal tiger living in a mangrove habitat.
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Finless porpoises are also one of the species protected at Sundarbans National Park.
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Spread across 10,277 km2 (3,968 sq mi), it is the world's largest mangrove forest.
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Sundarbans is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal.
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