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    The document discusses a journey to the Sundarbans forest located in India. [1] It describes the Sundarbans as the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to Bengal tigers. [2] The forest is already seeing impacts from climate change like more frequent storms and rising sea levels. [3] Several dangerous creatures live in the Sundarbans besides tigers, such as monitor lizards, cobras, crocodiles, and dolphins.

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    The document discusses a journey to the Sundarbans forest located in India. [1] It describes the Sundarbans as the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to Bengal tigers. [2] The forest is already seeing impacts from climate change like more frequent storms and rising sea levels. [3] Several dangerous creatures live in the Sundarbans besides tigers, such as monitor lizards, cobras, crocodiles, and dolphins.

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    The document discusses a journey to the Sundarbans forest located in India. [1] It describes the Sundarbans as the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to Bengal tigers. [2] The forest is already seeing impacts from climate change like more frequent storms and rising sea levels. [3] Several dangerous creatures live in the Sundarbans besides tigers, such as monitor lizards, cobras, crocodiles, and dolphins.

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    Sundarbans

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    The document discusses a journey to the Sundarbans forest located in India. [1] It describes the Sundarbans as the largest mangrove forest in the world and home to Bengal tigers. [2] The forest is already seeing impacts from climate change like more frequent storms and rising sea levels. [3] Several dangerous creatures live in the Sundarbans besides tigers, such as monitor lizards, cobras, crocodiles, and dolphins.

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    Chapter 13

    Journey To Sundarbans
    1. What does ‘Sundarban’ literally mean?
    Ans. Beautiful forest
    2. The tides reach inland as far as
    Ans. 200 miles
    3. Amitav Ghosh is a
    Ans. Novelist
    4. What was Ratul Saha’s role in the journey to the
    Sundarbans?
    Ans. Guide.
    A2. Answer these questions.
    1. What are the Sundarbans? Where are they located?
    Ans. The Sundarbans – meaning “beautiful forest” – is the
    largest mangrove forest in the world. Home of many Bengal
    tigers. They are located in Indian state West Bengal.
    2. Who wrote the book, The Hungry Tide? What does the book
    say about the Sundarbans?
    Ans. The Hungry Tide, book wrote by Amitav Ghosh. The book
    says about Sundarbans that “There is no prettiness here to
    invite the stranger in”. It is home to man Eating tigers and
    Hungry tides. It is already seeing the impact of Climate change
    3. What does the podcast say about the Bengal Tiger?
    Ans. The podcast say about the effects of climate change on
    the environment and population the tiger While cruising
    inside the creeks of Sundarbans, We can see Sundarban Tiger
    Reserve If we are lucky, we can also see tigers. The
    Sundarbans are the home to a large population of Bengal
    Tigers.
    4. What other creatures are found in the Sundarbans?
    Describe them in brief.
    Ans. Apart from Bengal Tigers the Other creatures found in the
    Sundarbans like Monitor Lizard which is considered as lucky if
    seen in the beginning of the trip, cobras and crocodiles in the
    forest and water, Irrawaddy dolphin which beautiful and also
    a sign of good luck. There are crabs in the mud banks and
    fireflies at night.
    A3. Answer these questions with reference to the context.
    1. Climate change has already started to dramatically reshape
    some parts Of the earth.
    a. Who is the speaker here?
    Ans. Audie Cornish
    b. What place are they visiting when these words are said?
    Ans. Sundarbans
    c. How is climate change affecting the shapes of some
    parts of the earth? Explain.
    Ans. More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat
    waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming
    oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they
    live
    2. To get to the Sundarbans, you leave from the big city…
    a. Which ‘big city’ is being talked about here?
    Ans. Kolkata
    b. How long does it take to reach the Sundarbans from this ‘big
    city’?
    Ans. Two by car and two by boat which mean total four hours.
    c. What modes of transport does one use to get there?
    Ans. Car and boat
    A4. Think and answer.
    1. There is no prettiness here to invite the stranger in.’
    Why do you think the novelist Amitav Ghosh writes this
    in his book? Explain the sentence with Instances from
    the podcast.
    Ans. : The noodles Amitabh Ghosh rice frames book that
    there is no pretty as here to invite The stranger in because
    it is full of dangerous animals like tiger and Monitor
    Lizard. It is full of rivers with have dangerous fishes in it.

    2. The Bengal tiger of the Sundarbans is now an


    endangered species. What do you think the government
    and World Wildlife Fund are doing to protect them from
    getting extinct?
    Ans. The Government of India in April 1973, launched
    ‘Project Tiger’ to promote the conservation and protect
    tigers in India. Since then, the Project has helped in
    restoring the population and strengthening conservation
    efforts for tigers. The Project is one of the largest species
    conservation initiatives in the world.

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