Arko Datto
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Disappearing Acts in the World’s Largest Delta
Pilgrims bathe early in the morning in preparation for the Gangasagar Mela festival, held every year where the Ganges meets the sea. Disappearing Acts in the World’s Largest Delta. January 2018. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta—covering most of Bangladesh and part of India’s West Bengal—is the world's biggest delta and home to the Sundarbans, the largest contiguous halophytic (salt-tolerant) mangrove forest on earth. The Sundarbans is now disappearing at a rapid rate.
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