Bangladesh’s Landmass is Growing Yearly, But Gains from Sediment Deposits Will be Overtaken by Sea Level Rise
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Rickshaws driving through flooded Dhaka, Bangladesh streets. Photo by Shahid Sarker.
Put this one in your “life’s cruel ironies” file.
20 Square Kilometers Per Year Gained…
The BBC is reporting that researchers in Bangladesh say that their nation is actually getting larger by about 20 square kilometers a year. Sediments washed down the Ganges, Brahmaputra and numerous other rivers of Bangladesh each year are deposited in the delta which forms most of Bangladesh’s landmass. Only about one-thir…
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