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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012 Application Of Remote Sensing And Gis In Coastal Zone Management: A Case Study Of Sundarban, West Bengal Arindam Chattopadhyay Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The Sundarban mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world
(140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the
Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the border of India's Sundarban World Heritage site
inscribed in 1987. The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways,
mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent
example of ongoing ecological processes. The area is known for its wide range of fauna,
including 260 bird species. During each monsoon season almost all the Bengal Delta is
submerged, much of it for half a year. The sediment of the lower delta plain is primarily
advected inland by monsoonal coastal setup and cyclonic events. One of the greatest
challenges people living on the Ganges Delta may face in coming years is the threat of
rising sea levels caused mostly by subsidence in the region and partly by climate change.
Present paper attempts to find out the problems of Sundarban Delta and mitigation
measures with the help of Satellite data. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Arindam Chattopadhyay, (2012). Application Of Remote Sensing And Gis In Coastal Zone Management: A Case Study Of Sundarban, West Bengal. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1470.pdf References : - Bagchi.K. (1944): The Ganges Delta. Calcutta University, Calcutta.
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