"The gift of the rivers."
Asia's largest rivers, the Ganges and the Bramaputra, join in the world's most extensive delta and flow into the Bay of Bengal. There lies Bangladesh, a nation of 140 million people beset by poverty and the floods of the rivers, and now also affected by rising sea level. Gary Braasch visited to document this threat, and found the people to be gracious, friendly, and resilient. A report on Bangladesh facing global warming appears on the World View of Global Warming Web site.
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"The gift of the rivers."
Asia's largest rivers, the Ganges and the Bramaputra, join in the world's most extensive delta and flow into the Bay of Bengal. There lies Bangladesh, a nation of 140 million people beset by poverty and the floods of the rivers, and now also affected by rising sea level. Gary Braasch visited to document this threat, and found the people to be gracious, friendly, and resilient. A report on Bangladesh facing global warming appears on the World View of Global Warming Web site.
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