Question

Which is the world's largest and fastest growing delta?

Answer 1

• Ganga Brahmaputra Delta is the world's largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal .
  
• The Ganges Brahmaputra Delta, also named Ganges Delta, Sunderban Delta or Bengal Delta is situated in Asia where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal.
  
• It is, with a surface area of some 100.000 km2, the world's largest Delta. Approximately two-thirds of the delta is in Bangladesh, the rest constitutes the state of West Bengal, India.
  
• The Ganges Delta is the floodplain of three great rivers: the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Megna. Together, these three rivers drain a catchment of about 1.72 million km2, at the southern side of he Himalaya.