Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area
A men doing his daily duty in middle of Bay of Bengal sea.jpg
Map showing the location of Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area
Map showing the location of Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area
Location of Swatch of No Ground in Bangladesh
LocationBay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Nearest cityBagerhat
Coordinates21°15′00″N 89°28′00″E / 21.2500°N 89.4667°E / 21.2500; 89.4667Coordinates: 21°15′00″N 89°28′00″E / 21.2500°N 89.4667°E / 21.2500; 89.4667
Area173,800 hectares
Established2014
Governing bodyForest Department (Bangladesh)

Swatch of No Ground Marine Protected Area (Bengali: সোয়াচ অফ নো গ্রাউন্ড মেরিন সংরক্ষিত এলাকা) is a protected area in the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 26 October 2014. The reserve covers an area of 163,600 hectares (429,000 acres).[1]

Location[]

The Swatch of No Ground is a 14 km deep trench in the Bay of Bengal. It is located 30 km from Dublar Char Islands, located in the Sundarbans. This deepest trench has a record size of about 1340 meters.[2] It has an average depth of about 1,200 meters underwater. This underwater trench is a part of the Bengal Fan, the largest underwater ravine in the world.[3][4]

Biodiversity[]

A deep ditch-like place in the Bay of Bengal, west of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, is known as Ganga Fan or Bengal Fan.[citation needed] According to the Forest Department, the area contains five globally endangered dolphins and eight species of whales, including the fin whale, hunch back whale, common sperm whale, killer whale and brydes whale.[5]

History[]

In the past, the fishermen, who lived nearby from this area, did not get any measurement by their native bamboo measurement system "Bam" (Bengali: বাম), and named it "Na Bam" (Bengali: না বাম, No Bam or, Bamless). It is one of the 11 largest valleys in the world. It is said that here in 1863, a 212 tonne gunboat named Gadfly, sank in a storm while carrying huge amount of treasure from India to United Kingdom.[6][full citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "বন্যপ্রানী অভয়ারণ্য" [Wildlife Sanctuary]. জীববৈচিত্র্য ও বন্যপ্রাণী সংরক্ষণ (in Bengali). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  2. ^ Morphological features in the Bay of Bengal Archived 14 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed 21 January 2007
  3. ^ Curray, Joseph R.; Emmel, Frans J.; Moore (December 2002). "The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes". Marine and Petroleum Geology. Elsevier Science Ltd. 19 (10): 1191–1223. doi:10.1016/S0264-8172(03)00035-7.
  4. ^ France-Lanord, Christian; Spiess, Volkhard; Molnar, Peter; Curray, Joseph R. (March 2000). "Summary on the Bengal Fan: An introduction to a drilling proposal" (PDF). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Swatch of No-Ground declared protected zone". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  6. ^ Current Affairs, January 2017, Page- 91
Retrieved from ""