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This one kinds of devine beautiful place of the world.
Tanguar haor (Bengali: টাঙ্গুয়ার হাওর), (also called Tangua haor), located in the Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of Sunamganj District in Bangladesh, is a unique wetland ecosystem of national importance and has come into international focus. The area of Tanguar haor including 46 villages within the haor is about 100km2 of which 2,802.36 ha2
is wetland. It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people.
The Government of Bangladesh declared Tanguar haor as an Ecologically
Critical Area in 1999 considering its critical condition as a result of overexploitation of its natural resources. In 2000, the hoar basin was declared a Ramsar
site - wetland of international importance. With this declaration, the
Government is committed to preserve its natural resources and has taken
several steps for protection of this wetland.
Tanguar haor plays an important role in fish production as it functions as a 'mother fishery' for the country
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Every winter the
haor
is home to about 200 types of migratory birds. The haor is an important
source of fish. In 1999-2000, the government earned 7,073,184 takas as
revenue just from fisheries of the haor. There are more than 140 species
of fresh water fish in the haor. The more predominant among them are:
ayir,
gang magur, baim, tara, gutum, gulsha, tengra, titna, garia, beti, kakia etc.
Hijal,
karach, gulli, balua,
ban tulsi,
nalkhagra and other freshwater wetland trees are in this haor.
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Plant species like Hizol (
Barringtonia acutangula),
Clematis cadmia,
Crataeva nurvala,
Euryale ferox,
Nelumbo nucifera,
Ottelia alismoides,
Oxystelma secamone var.
secamone,
Pongamia pinnata,
Rosa clinophylla, and
Typha species are present.
