About 15% of Bangladesh is still forested; the three principal
forest regions are the Madhupur jungle, the tidal forest in the
coastal Sundarban (a mangrove swamp region in the Ganges delta),
and the tropical rain forest of the Chittagong Hills.
Bamboo and rattan are abundant. Tigers and other game are found
in the Madhupur jungle and Sundarbans, crocodiles in the Sundarbans,
and elephants, rhinoceroses, and leopards in the hill areas.
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