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Sundarbans Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Sundarbans? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, spanning India and Bangladesh.

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Covering about 10,000 square km, it's the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest, shared by both countries.

2.

The Sundarbans has no human inhabitants due to extreme tidal flooding and tiger attacks.

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Over 4 million people live in and around the Sundarbans, relying on fishing and honey collection despite dangers.

3.

The Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest.

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The Sundarbans, spanning the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across India and Bangladesh, is the largest mangrove forest in the world, covering about 10,000 square kilometers.

4.

Tigers in Sundarbans are known to swim in saltwater to hunt prey between islands.

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Royal Bengal tigers here are excellent swimmers, often crossing rivers and creeks up to 2 km wide to hunt.

5.

The name 'Sundarbans' translates to 'forest of tigers' in Bengali.

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The name is believed to derive from the Sundari tree, a mangrove species, not from any word for 'tiger'.

6.

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world.

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The Sundarbans, spanning about 10,000 km² across Bangladesh and India, is the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest.

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The Sundarbans were once a dense tropical rainforest, later submerged by rising sea levels.

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The Sundarbans formed from deltaic sediments of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers, not a submerged rainforest.

8.

Sundarbans mangroves produce more oxygen per acre than the Amazon rainforest.

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Mangroves are extremely efficient carbon sinks, and the Sundarbans' productivity per area rivals or exceeds many tropical forests.

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