Ratargul Swamp Forest is
a freshwater swamp forest located
in Gowainghat, Sylhet,Bangladesh. It is
the only swamp forest located in Bangladesh and one of the few freshwater swamp
forest in the world. Ratargul is about 26 kilometers from Sylhet. There is a
30,325 acres wetland in Sylhet range-2 under the forest department and in that
wetland Ratargul swamp forest is about 504 acres.
73 species of plants could be found in the forest till now.
80 percent of the forest area is covered with umbrella of the trees.Two layer
of plants can be seen in the swamp forest. The upper layer consists of trees
and the lower one consists of intense Schumannianthus dichotomus.
The canopy of the plants spreads up to 15 meters of height.
Picture Source: Internet
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