Haor

Tanguar Haor is one of the largest haors in Bangladesh. A typical freshwater swamp forest can be seen on the right and the Khasi Hills of the state of Meghalaya in India are in the background.
Haor in Sylhet

A haor (Bengali: হাওর[a]) is a wetland ecosystem in the north eastern part of Bangladesh which physically is a bowl or saucer shaped shallow depression, also known as a backswamp.[1][2][3][4][5] During monsoons haors receive surface runoff water from rivers and canals to become vast stretches of turbulent water.


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  1. ^ MK Alam; Wave attack in Haor areas of Bangladesh and cement concrete blocks as structural revetment material; Progress in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation: Proceedings (ed. Alphose Zingoni); page 325; Taylor & Francis; 2004; ISBN 90-5809-568-1
  2. ^ Bio-ecological Zones of Bangladesh; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Bangladesh Country Office; page 31; The World Conservation Union (IUCN); 2002; ISBN 984-31-1090-0
  3. ^ Bangladesh & Desertification Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP), Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-12-04
  4. ^ Abdul Wahab Akonda (1989), "Bangladesh" (PDF), A directory of Asian wetlands, IUCN, pp. unpaginated, ISBN 2-88032-984-1
  5. ^ Bennett, Sara; Scott, Derek; Karim, Ansarul; Sobhan, Istiak; Khan, Anisuzzaman; Rashid, S.M.A. (1995). "Chapter 3: Interpretive Description of the Region's Wetlands". Wetland Specialist Study, Northeast Regional Water Management Plan, Bangladesh Flood Action Plan 6. Bangladesh Water Development Board. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2007-12-04.