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Sunderban Sundarbans (Habitat of Royal Bengal Tigers): The Sundarbans is the largest continuous block of mangrove
forest in the world covering an area of 5770 Sq. KM of land and water, which has
protected the Royal Bengal Tigers' from natural disasters. About one third of
the total area of this forest is covered by the rivers, channels, canals, and
tidal creeks, varying in width from a few meters to 5 KM in some places. Even
the land area of Sundarbans forest is subject to tidal inundation during tides.
The climate are mainly tropical maritime, with lots of rain most of which falls
during the monsoon. During January the weather is mild and dry and temperature
can fall as low as 20 to 40 C. Many different species of birds, mammals, insects,
reptiles, fishes are found in this forest. The commercial fisherman commonly
catches over 120 species of fish. Over 260 species of bird have been are
recorded including about 90 species of water bird and 35 species of birds of
prey.
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