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A tidal shoal of 100 years back in the river bed of the Thakuran River has recently been elevated to an island where portion of the top of the island is not inundated even by the high tide during full moon [1]. This GD Island is entirely covered with natural vegetation like bain, kaora, geon, garjan, hental, harkach etc [2]. The island is only about 10 km away from Raidighi of the north and Patharpratima of the west. This GD Island is located less than 1 km south of the confluence of Raidighi and Thakuran rivers [3]. There are no other localities on the east bank of Thakuran River after GD Island. After flowing about 40 km from this GD island, the Thakuran River merges into the Bay of Bengal with Bulcheri Island on the east and Dhanchi Island on the west [4]. The reserved forest area on the eastern side of Thakuran River including GD Island belongs to the Forest Division of South 24 Parganas District [5].

References

1. Gautam Kumar Das. 2017. Tidal Sedimentation in the Sunderban’s Thakuran Basin, Springer, Switzerland, 151p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44191-7. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-44191-7.

2. Gautam Kumar Das. 2015. Estuarine Morphodynamics of the Sunderbans, Springer, Switzerland, 211p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11343-2. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-11343-2.

3. Gautam Kumar Das. 2024. River Systems of West Bengal: Water Quality and Environment. In: River Systems of West Bengal. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. 180p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53480-5-1. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53480-5.

4. Gautam Kumar Das, Coastal Environments of India, A Coastal West Bengal Perspective, Springer, Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-031-18845-9, 232p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18846-6. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18846-6.

5. Gautam Kumar Das. 2021. Forests and Forestry of West Bengal – Survey and Analysis, Springer, 231p, http://www.springer.com/ISBN 978-3-030-80705-4, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80706-1.