Sundarbans South Wildlife Sanctuary is a reserve forest in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

that extends over an area of 36,970

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s of

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand fre ...

. It is situated next to the Sundarbans National Park in

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. The sanctuary is one of three Sundarbans wildlife sanctuaries, the others being the

Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected forest in Bangladesh, extends over an area of 31,227 ha. of mangrove forest. It was established in 1977 under the ''Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974'', having previously been ...

and the

Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and animal sanctuary in Bangladesh. The area of the reserve covers 715 km2. It is part of the larger Sundarbans region, one of the largest mangroveforests in the world. It is ...

Flora

The Gewa (Euphorbiaceae) tree is the dominant woody species in the Sanctuary. The other tree found abundantly is the Sundri (Heritiera fomes) tree. In areas where the Sundri tree does not regenerate effectively a dense

understory In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but abo ...

is artificially created to enable growth.

Environment

Salinity Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt (chemistry), salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). It is usually measured in g/L or g/kg (grams of salt per liter/kilogram of water; the latter is dimensio ...

levels vary greatly between seasons. This possibly represents an area of relatively longer duration of moderate salinity.

References

Sundarbans Wildlife sanctuaries of Bangladesh Forests of Bangladesh Khulna Division Protected areas with year of establishment missing {{Khulna-geo-stub