Impacts / Sea level rise Bangladesh
- Latitude
- 21.8
- Longitude
- 89.466667
- Tilt
- 45
- Altitude
- 30,000
Sea level rise in Sundarban, Bangladesh
The trend of sea level rise in Hiron point is 4 mm/year, Char Changa is 6 mm/year and Cox's Bazar is 7.8 mm/year. The costal areas of Bangladesh is densly populated. The sea level rise will cause loss of productive ecosystem like Sundarbans's Mangrove forest and coral reef. This will cause loss of livelihood of people depended on those ecosystem. This will also cause salt water intrusion.
Related resources
PhD of Golam Sarwar on the Impacts of Climate Change
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Created by: Binaya Pasakhala
Created: 2009-10-02 00:55:22