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INDIA/BANGLADESH:
THE MOUTH
OF THE GANGES An enlargement of SPOT Scene KJ 234/306 Dated 11/03/1999 |
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| The Sunderbans | |
| A detail of the mangroves of Bangladesh. Some forest exploitations can be seen (circled in white). Some areas are accreting new sediments (circled in yellow) where mangrove forests can be established artificially or naturally. | |
| Prepared by Ms. Marie Aizpuru, and provided by Prof. François Blasco,
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Terestre(LET), Toulouse, France, for ISME Credit: Laboratoire d' Ecologie Terestre (LET) |