Is Majuli largest river island? http://www.worldislandinfo.com/MISINFORMATION.htm
Majuli Island, Assam, India False claim: It is the world's largest river island. Many river islands in Brazil and elsewhere are larger, beginning with Bananal at 7,720 sq mi / 20,000 sq km. Majuli is only 340 sq mi / 880 sq km. http://majuli.info/ Majuli or Majoli is a large river island in the World. It is a civil sub-division of Jorhat District and State of Assam (India). It is located 20 km. from Jorhat town (Assam, India). It is a pollution free fresh water, green island. Total area of the island was 1250 sq.km., now it is about 650 sq.km. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island *Bananal Island* (Portuguese<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language> : *Ilha do Bananal*, IPA: [banaˈnaw]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Portuguese>) is a large island <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island> formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araguaia_River>, in southwesternTocantins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocantins_(state)>, Brazil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil>. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the largest fluvial island <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvial_island> in the world, at 350 km (217 mi) long and 55 km (34 mi) wide.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island#cite_note-0> Its total area is 19,162.25 km² (7,400 mi²), twice the size of Lebanon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon> or Jamaica <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica>. Altaf Mazid _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
