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The “Sundarbans,” is the great aquatic forest still covering much of the Southwestern Ganges Delta, now evidently in a state of ecological degradation caused or worsened by freshwater diversions throughout the Ganges catchments. This water goes to irrigation systems essential to the expansion of agriculture in India and Bangladesh, and to projects that work to reverse the siltation and decline of the Kolkata Port and the salinization of its freshwater supply.
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Potkin, A. (2004). Watering the Bangladeshi Sundarbans. In: Mirza, M.M.Q. (eds) The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2792-5_8
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