Tanguar Haor () is a

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

ecosystem An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by Organism, organisms in interaction with their Biophysical environment, environment. The Biotic material, biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and en ...

located in the Dharmapasha and

Tahirpur Tahirpur () is an upazila of Sunamganj District in the Division of Sylhet Division, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Tahirpur is located at . It has 42,693 households and total area 315.33 km2. History The territory of Tahirpur Upazila contain ...

upazilas of

Sunamganj District Sunamganj District (), is a district located in north-eastern Bangladesh in Sylhet Division. History In the ancient period, Sunamganj was part of the Laur Kingdom. After the conquest of Sylhet (Kingdom of Gauiurh) in 1303 by Muslims under the sp ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The area of Tanguar Haor including 46 villages within the

haor A () is a wetland ecosystem in the north eastern part of Bangladesh which physically is a bowl or saucer shaped shallow Depression (geology), depression, also known as a backswamp.MK Alam; ''Wave attack in Haor areas of Bangladesh and cement co ...

is about of which 2,802.36 ha² is wetland. It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people. Bangladesh declared it an Ecologically Critical Area in 1999, considering its critical condition as a result of

overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...

of its natural resources. Every winter the haor is home to about 200 types of migratory birds. In 1999–2000, the government earned 7,073,184 takas as revenue just from fisheries of the haor. There are more than 140 species of freshwater fish in the haor. The more predominant among them are: , Cat fish, . Gulli, balua, ban tulsi, nalkhagra and other freshwater wetland trees are in this haor. Plant species like Hizol ('' Barringtonia acutangula''), '' Clematis cadmia'', ''

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Euryale ferox ''Euryale ferox'', commonly known as prickly waterlily, makhana, or Gorgon plant, is a species of water lily found in southern and eastern Asia, and the only extant member of the genus ''Euryale''. The edible seeds, called fox nuts or ''makhana' ...

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'', '' Ottelia alismoides'', ''

Oxystelma secamone ''Oxystelma'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as ...

'' var. ''secamone'', '' Pongamia pinnata'', ''

Rosa clinophylla ''Rosa clinophylla'' is a member of the genus ''Rosa'' native to the Himalayas, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. It is a large shrub growing to tall and it can grow in swampy areas such as the haors (or beel A beel (Bengali language, Beng ...

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'' species are present.

Houseboat

It has become more popular as a tourist attraction due to the number of houseboats plying at Tanguar Haor. There is a big houseboat in Tanguar Haor. It is a huge, slow-moving barge used for leisure trips. This service is inspired from the houseboat

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

used during his visit to

Shilaidaha Shilaidaha () is a village in Shilaidaha Union, Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia District in Bangladesh. The place is famous for Shilaidaha Kuthibari; a country house built by Dwarkanath Tagore. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore lived a part ...

. It has been in service from since 2021. It is about long and about wide at the middle.

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{{Sunamganj District Wetlands of Bangladesh Ramsar sites in Bangladesh Sunamganj District Tourist attractions in Sylhet Division

Houseboat

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