For eight months of the year much of southern Bangladesh is covered in water. Rising rainfall and melting Himalayan glaciers are causing more serious flooding. All photos by Mohammadur Rahman.
The low-lying country drains three of the world�s largest river systems � the Ganges (Padma), Brahmaputra and Meghna � and regularly experiences severe monsoon flooding.
Every year, riverbank erosion swallows up vast quantities of precious land rendering an estimated 100,000 people homeless.
Around four million people live a 'floating life' perched precariously on the fragile sand or mud riverbanks of Bangladesh's 230 rivers.
Because of salt water contamination and river erosion, many riverside trees � which act as natural barriers against erosion and cyclone damage � are dying. This causes more damage.
Villagers pack up everything they own as the river moves closer swallowing up homes and land. They chop down the remaining trees to make good use of the wood, which can be sold in times of need.
City migrants can earn around 80 pence a day through casual jobs and day labour in bustling markets.
These migrant market porters are taking a nap after a busy morning transporting fruit and vegetables. They hire baskets in the morning for the equivalent five pence and hope to make that up to �1 by the end of the day.
Poor migrant dwellers in slum areas and squatter settlements, reliant on casual jobs such as rickshaw driving, are most affected by city flooding.
But the migrants are as vulnerable to flooding and disasters in the city as they are in the countryside, because of poor infrastructure.
Christian Aid is working with the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies and other local partners to in an effort to help local people deal with the impact of climate change.
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