Bangladesh
This place truly is constantly changing. Sitting on the largest river delta in the world, crouched beside the Bay of Bengal, this low-lying land sees its very soil renewed like clockwork each spring as the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers deliver -countless tons of mineral-rich silt. The world’s third largest Muslim nation, after Indonesia and Pakistan, Bangladesh is one of the most crowded places on the planet. It's also home to many spectacular river-swimming Bengal tigers. Over time, it has assimilated the beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Jainism, all of which may be seen in its cultural life today.
![A Char
Photograph by James P. Blair
Many sections of land are like saucers, with riverbanks forming their rims. Silt raises the riverbeds, not only creating chars [islands of silt within rivers] but also causing the rivers to spill over their banks, sometimes carving out a new course. … At Sadullapur the Meghna River ate away 200 feet (61 meters) of earth in ten days.
—From “Bangladesh: When the Water Comes,” June 1993, National Geographic magazine](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pjg8S9LO1rnmrguo1_500.jpg)
A Char
Photograph by James P. Blair
Many sections of land are like saucers, with riverbanks forming their rims. Silt raises the riverbeds, not only creating chars [islands of silt within rivers] but also causing the rivers to spill over their banks, sometimes carving out a new course. … At Sadullapur the Meghna River ate away 200 feet (61 meters) of earth in ten days.
—From “Bangladesh: When the Water Comes,” June 1993, National Geographic magazine
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