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ID: 1112165
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1112165
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sundarbans (general region)  Sundarbans (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 22.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 089 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 89.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Tidal forest in India and Bangladesh, located on the banks of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. Both the Indian Sundarbans forest and the Bangladesh Sundarbans forest were designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO (in 1987 and 1997, respectively).

Names:
Sundarbans (preferred,C,V)
Sundarbans, The (C,V)
The Sundarbans (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sundarbans (general region)  ........  Sundarbans (general region) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bangladesh (nation)  ........  Bangladesh (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sundarbans (general region)  ............  Sundarbans (general region)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sundarbans (general region)  ............  Sundarbans (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sundarbans..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Pl. 28
Sundarbans, The..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
The Sundarbans..........  [VP]
.............................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 3 February 2009
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) Pl. 28
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 3 February 2009
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 3 February 2009

 

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