Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh

Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh

Since the 1960s, ~5000 km2 of tidal deltaplain in southwest Bangladesh has been embanked and converted to densely inhabited, agricultural islands (i.e., polders). This landscape is juxtaposed to the adjacent Sundarbans, a pristine mangrove forest, both well connected by a dense network of tidal chan...

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Main Authors: Carol Wilson, Steven Goodbred, Christopher Small, Jonathan Gilligan, Sarah Sams, Bishawjit Mallick, Richard Hale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioOne 2017-12-01
Series:Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Subjects:
deltas
tidal channel siltation
anthropogenic modification
land reclamation
Online Access:https://www.elementascience.org/articles/263

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