The ecologically rich Sundarbans are one of the planets largest
mangrove communities. Here in Bangladesh, the Ganges, Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers all
converge into the Bay of Bengal. It is a meeting of freshand saltwater; a
diverse place of forest, beaches, tidal flats, marsh and swamps lands. Once measuring around 16,700
square kilometres (6,400 sq mi), the Sundarbans have now reduced to one third its
previous size.
It is home to Bengal tigers, exotic birds, the chital horin (spotted deer), the critically endangered estuarine crocodile and the Indian
python.
The Sundarbans are also very time consuming to draw.
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AMANDA ZIMMERMAN
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