The sundarbans
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- Created on: 04-05-23 21:40
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- The sundarbans (case study) (part1)
- location/ topography
- 40% in india and 60% in bangladesh
- low lying set of islands
- and deltas
- famous mangroves
- 10,000km^2
- processes that formed the sundarbans
- processes of deposition and wave/ tidal erosion - like that of mudflats
- alluvium transported by rivers meet the sea and collide with the alluvium transported by the sea leading to floculation
- they then fall to the ground and get colonised by plant, then succession leads to mangrove forest of climax comunities
- the 4 types of services provided by the region
- provisioning
- breeding grounds
- nursery ground
- fishing grounds
- coastal livelihood
- local and global climate controls
- food
- honey
- vinegar
- leaves and fruits
- cooking oil
- fish, shrimp, crab and molluscs
- regulatory
- flood, shoreline erosion protection
- cultural
- heritage
- recreation and tourism
- education and tourism
- cultural spiritual and religious
- supporting
- soil formation and fertility
- supports other ecosystems
- biodiversity and genetic resources
- ecosystem resilience
- timber
- furs and skins
- provisioning
- location/ topography
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