Longest Sea Beach and Biggest Mangrove Forest Hidden in Bangladesh
All over the world people love to enjoy sea beach but very few people know where is world’s longest sea beach located.
World’s longest beach is hidden in Cox’s Bazar,
Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar is a district of Chittagong which is a division
of Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar is 150 Km from Chittagong. This place was
named after Lieutenant Cox, who during the british period helped and
rehabilitated many people. He died in 1978 in Cox’s Bazar. Cox’s Bazar
sea beach is the longest, unbroken sandy beach of 77.67 miles (125 Km).
It is situated between river Bakkali and Bay of Bengal. This beach is
also known as Palongkee and Panowa, which means Yellow Flower. There are
many other small islands nearby. Among those islands St. Martin is
really popular as it is the only Coral Island the country has. The
unbroken longest sandy path to walk on and the strongest waves ever very
easily attract tourists from all over the world.
One of the largest forest and the
largest mangrove forest in the world lies in Bangladesh. The forest in known as Shundarbans. It is located in the south west of the country, where it has river Baleswar in the east and Harinbanga in the west. The total area of the forest consists of 10,000 square Km, where 60% of the forest lies in Bangladesh and the rest in India. It is divided in Sandbars (70%) and water bodies (30%). Though from outside Shundarbans looks like one big forest, but from inside it a beauty of mosaic of islands. These islands of different sizes and shapes get washed by brackish water shrilling in and around the labyrinth of water channels. It is not only seen as the scenic beauty and natural resources but also a place with high biodiversity of Mangrove flora and fauna both on land and water. The forest is considered as landmark for ancient heritage of mythological and historical events. Also recently it has become the universal importance for endangered species such as tiger. Tigers are on the top of many attractions of the forest. As being the national animal they are preserved carefully in the forest.
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