🌿 Sundarbans National Park

India · Asia · Natural · 21.95°N, 88.90°E

Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. It is located to south-west of Bangladesh. The delta is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. It is also home to a variety of bird, reptile and invertebrate species, including the salt-water crocodile. The present Sundarban National Park was declared as the core area of Sundarban Tiger Reserve in 1973 and a wildlife sanctuary in 1977. On 4 May 1984 it was declared a national park. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987, and it has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2019. It is considered as a World Network of Biosphere Reserve from 10 November 2001.

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Quick facts

Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	21.95°N, 88.90°E · view on map

Sundarbans National Park is a natural World Heritage site in India, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Sundarbans National Park was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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