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The correct answer is option 3, i.e,
West Bengal. West Bengal has a maximum area of Mangrove forest.
- The Mangrove forests of the Gangetic delta are called as Sunderbans
- The maximum area of Mangrove forest is 2097Sq km
- A Mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
- Mangroves occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics mainly between latitudes 25degree North and 25 degree South
- Mangrove is salt-tolerant trees also called Halophytes
- They are adapted to the low oxygen conditions of waterlogged mud.
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