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Sunderbans,
world's largest delta covered by mangrove forest and vast saline mudflats, is
situated in the lower end of the Ganjetic West Bengal. A land of some 55 tiny
islands, crisscrossed by innumerable tributaries of Ganga, that was once infested
by Arakanese and Portuguese pirates is now the abode of varied flora and fauna
population. The only mangrove tiger land of India where 70% is under saline
water makes the life of commoners, mostly honey-catchers, prawn-catchers and
fishermen very difficult. This mangrove forest has about 64 plant species which
alone covers 90% of Indian mangrove varieties and 60% of the total mangrove
forest area of the country.