What are the factors that Favour the location of jute industry in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta?
(i) Friable, loamy, alluvial soils, preferable rich in salts. (ii) Bengal which lies in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta has the advantage that it gets flooded and a fresh layer of alluvial soil is deposited every year. Jute is a crop that exhausts the soil and hence it requires manure and fertilizers in large quantities.
Which river delta has maximum jute production?
Ganges delta
Why is the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta known as Sundarban?
The forests in the ganga-brahmaputra delta are known as Sunderbans because these are full of ‘Sundari trees’. Thus, Sunderbans are named after the ‘sundari’ trees.
Which trees are found in Ganga-Brahmaputra delta?
The Ganges–Brahmaputra basin has tropical deciduous forests that yield valuable timber: sal, teak, and peepal trees are found in these areas.
Is Sundarban delta world’s largest delta?
The Ganges Brahmaputra Delta, also named Ganges Delta, Sunderban Delta or Bengal Delta is situated in Asia where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal. It is, with a surface area of some 100.000 km2, the world’s largest Delta.
How is Sundarban delta named?
‘Shundorbon’ or Sundarban is the world’s largest contiguous forest situated in Bangladesh and in the Indian state of West Bengal. The delta is situated adjacent to the Bay of Bengal formed by a concourse of the Ganges, Padma, Hooghly, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers. Hence, the name ‘Sunderban’.
What is Sunderban delta?
The Sundarbans is a cluster of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, spread across India and Bangladesh, famous for its unique mangrove forests. This active delta region is among the largest in the world, measuring about 40,000 sq km.
Are the sentences right or wrong 1 Sundarbans is the largest delta region in the world?
Sundarbans is part of the world’s largest delta, formed by the mighty rivers Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna. Situated on the lower end of Gangetic West Bengal, the Sundarbans is criss-crossed by hundreds of creeks and tributaries.
Which of the following is the largest delta in the world * 1 point?
Ganges Brahmaputra delta