SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 94 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: STE-SUS

SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS , a

tract

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

of waste country in Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the Gangetic

delta

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

. It has never been surveyed, nor has the census been extended to it. It stretches for about 165 m., from the mouth of the Hugli to the mouth of the Meghna, and is bordered inland by the three settled districts of the Twenty-four Parganas, Khulna and Backergunje. The total area (including water) is estimated at 6526 sq. m. It is a water-logged jungle, in which tigers and other wild beasts abound. Attempts at reclamation have not been very successful. The forest department realizes a large revenue, chiefly by tolls on produce removed. The characteristic tree is the sundri (Heritiera littoralis), from which the name of the

tract

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

has probably been derived. It yields a hard

wood

WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
WOOD, MRS
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—"
  rich
  ," therefore " mig
- EDWARD
  - EDWARD
  _LAMSON_1841_.html">HENRY,
  EDWARD
  - EDWARD
  LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY,
  PATRICK
  - PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
  - PATRICK, ST
  (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
  BATTENBERG
  - BATTENBERG
  (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
[ELLEN] (1814—1887)
WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

, used for building, and for making boats, furniture, &c. The Sundarbans are everywhere intersected by river channels and creeks, some of which afford water communication between Calcutta and the Brahmaputra valley, both for steamers and for native boats.

End of Article: SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

If you wish, you can link directly to this article.

<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/STE_SUS/SUNDARBANS_or_SUNDEBBUNDS.html">
SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS
</a>

(Previous)
SUNDA ISLANDS

(Next)
SUNDAY

JCSM was founded in 1997 and exists to help the community and bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ. JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, including its weekly inspirational emails that were sent continuously for over a decade.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA 92169
1-888-887-0417 or Email