Sundarbans National Park
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Overview
The Sundarbans National Park in West Bengal is a national park, tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It became a natural World Heritage Site in 1987. The area is also exposed to sea-level rise.
It is the core of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, the world's largest mangrove forest shared with Bangladesh.
Royal Bengal tigers here swim between islands and are known for man-eating.
It was inscribed as a natural World Heritage Site in 1987, and the Sundarban Wetland became a Ramsar site in 2019.
It is home to the Royal Bengal tiger.
The mangrove forests protect the coast.
The Sundarbans are one of the largest deltas in the world.
The park is in South 24 Parganas.
Geography and key facts
- West Bengal
- Tiger reserve
- WHS 1987
- Largest mangrove forest
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on mangroves and tigers.
Note for UPSC
Natural World Heritage Site, inscribed 1987 · West Bengal.
UPSC asks about the state, the dynasty or period, and whether a site is cultural or natural.
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Key facts
- Type
- World Heritage Site
- State / UT
- West Bengal
- Heritage type
- Natural
- Inscribed (UNESCO)
- 1987
- Coordinates
- 21.750°N, 88.750°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
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