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Bangladesh is the delta of three powerful rivers: the Ganges (Padma), the Bramaputra (Jamuna) and the Meghna. This is the luck and the curse of the country. Its luck because it is the reason for its fertility and its curse because of the devastating floods at regular intervals. Bangladesh is a riverine country and life in many rural areas is organized around the water. In the South, in the Bay of Bengal, new islands of sand and mud appear every year and are immediatedly occupied by land-hungry people.