| Image 06
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 |
| On this enlargement, it is very clear that mangrove forests (dominated by Heritiera fomes) is suffered from the so called "top dying" (circled). |
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Prepared by Ms. Marie Aizpuru, and provided by Prof. François Blasco,Laboratoire
d'Ecologie Terestre(LET), Toulouse, France, for ISME |