Sundarban is the largest mangrove forest of the world, which is located southwestern costal area of Bangladesh. Sundarban means "Beautiful Forest" a unique combination of land, sea, forest, river, island, deer, colorful bird, and of course the Royal Bengal Tiger. Many island and with an approximate area of 10,000 sq-km forming the Sundarban. Around 60 % of this area is part of Bangladesh territory and the remaining 40 % is part of India.Geographical Details: - Longitude - 30 24' - 30 28' N - Latitude - 77 40' - 77 44' E- Altitudinal Range - 0-10 m above sea level- Average Rainfall - 175 cm- Temperature-Min. 2 C, Max. 38 CSpecies of Sunderban:- Over 40 mammal Species - 270 colorful bird species- 45 reptile species- 11 amphibian species - More than 120 fish species and- More than 330 plant speciesSeveral remarkable animal species of Sundarban: Royal Bengal Tiger, Estuarine Crocodile, Marsh Crocodile, Spotted Deer, Swamp Deer, Hog Deer, Dolphins, Water Buffalo, Rhesus Monkey, Pythons, King Cobra, Salvator lizards etc.Birds: Kingfishers (9 species), Raptors (38 species), Jungle Fowl, Woodpeckers, Fishing Engle, White Bellied Sea Eagle, Seagull etc.Migratory Birds:Whimprel, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Eastern Knot, Curlew, Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Pintail, White-eyed Pochard and also Whistling teal. Plants:Sundarban is also a habitat of more than 330 species of fresh-water, brakish-water plants. Including various kinds of algae, herb, tree etc.Sundri(Heritiera fomes), Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha), Goran (Ceriops decandra), Passur (Xylocarpus mekongensis), Kankara (Bruguiera gymnorrhiza), Dhundal (Xylocarpus granatum) are main trees of Sundarban.
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