Bhola islander

Just had yet another conversation with yet another cashier at the same Exxon mentioned in the previous post, this one named Haider. I asked him where he was from, he said Bangladesh. What part of Bangladesh, north, south, etc.? From the south. Oh, very hot, near the coast on the Bay of Bengal. Yes. Near the Sundarbans wetlands? Actually yes, from an island called Bhola. Told him I would look it up.

Turns out the island of Bhola is the largest island in Bangladesh, smack in the middle of the Ganges Delta. It is threatened to go underwater with sea level rise, and large parts of the island go already go underwater every summer during monsoon rainy season--which is true for a large portion of Bangladesh in general. Bhola island has many "climate refugees" from flooding.

The Ganges Delta is the largest delta in the world, and is "tide-dominated" meaning its shape is determined by the tides that wash in and out in both directions, continually cutting new channels. So the area is chopped up with many thin channels between islands as is very dynamic with sediment constantly moving along shorelines. Pollution is a huge problem in the Ganges Delta because it is forms the end of one of the most heavily populated river basins in the world, the Ganges Basin. Whatever was dumped into the river across India and Bangladesh can end up here.

This video talks about sea level rise there

Bangladesh: Bhola threatened with submersion - DW.com
http://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-bhola-threatened-with-submersion/av-18870710