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To the mouths of the Ganges: an ecological and cultural journey
To the mouths of the Ganges: an ecological and cultural journey
Author
Thomas, Frederic C
Publisher
EastBridge
Publication Date
c2004
Language
English
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Changing course of the river
Bhagirathi and Hooghly
Bhagirathi and the upper reaches
Hooghly and the lower reaches
Calcutta
Edge of the Indian sundarbans
Sanctity of the Ganges
Where the Ganges meets the sea
Castes and lineages
Padma and Meghna
Down the Padma
Chars
Landlords and tenants
Dhaka
The active delta
Riverbank erosion and accretion
Flood control
Cyclones and tidal surges
To the Meghna estuary
The offshore chars
The Chittagong coast
Madhumati and Sundarbans
Moribund delta
Gorai and Madhumati
Embankments and shrimp cultures
Flood plains and fisheries
Sundarbans revisited
Orthodoxy and folk culture.
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Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) -- Social life and customs
Human ecology
Human ecology -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
Social life and customs
Stream ecology
Stream ecology -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
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9781891936302
9781891936296
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