The Royal Bengal Tiger, the national animal of India, is found in the Sunderbans - the largest delta in the Indian subcontinent, also stretching to neighbouring Bangladesh. Why is the Sunderbans so named?
from Sunder, meaning beautiful in the local dialect
from asunder - as the local rivers split the land asunder to create the delta
named after Krishna Sunder, the first explorer of the region
from Sunderi, the local name for the mangrove trees which form the primary vegetation of the Sunderbans