21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Erosion on the river bank near Sundarbans.
I was travelling on a launch and found the loss of the mangrove forest, due to extreme weather conditions such as cyclones but physical damage caused by the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme events such as cyclone Amphan etc. In deltaic mangroves like Sundarbans periodical erosion and accretion are internal dynamics and it can be balanced by the ecosystem itself if the system is undisturbed.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 10.2022 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
| Photo Location: | India |
| Camera: | NIKON D90 |
| Copyright: | © Partha Kar |