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Ganges deltaor Ganges-Brahmaputra deltaRegion in West Bengal state, India, and Bangladesh. An area of about 220 mi (355 km) wide along the Bay of Bengal, it is covered by the network of streams forming the mouths of the Ganges (Ganga) and Brahmaputra rivers. In Bangladesh the Brahmaputra is joined by the Tista River and, from there to its junction with the Ganges, is known as the Jamuna River. The main streams, the Ganges and the Jamuna, unite to form the Padma River. The river farthest west that enters the Bay of Bengal is the Hugli River. Many smaller streams of the delta form a swamp region for about 160 miles (260 km) along the coast, known as the Sundarbans. The delta was struck in 1970 by one of history's most devastating cyclones. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1971, the United Nations Children's Fund launched a campaign to drill hand-pumped tubewells into the Ganges Delta alluvium. Frederic Thomas, an anthropologist by training and a veteran of USAID (US Agency for International Development) and other development agencies, has composed an eclectic memoir of his travels through the Ganges delta. It stretched for almost 6,000 miles, from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to the Ganges Delta in what is now Bangladesh. |
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