Bay of Bengal

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bay marginal sea water body

The Bay of Bengal is a large northeastern extension of the Indian Ocean bordered by India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, known for its monsoons, cyclones, and major river deltas such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Bay of Bengal region 6
Bay of Bengal coastal region 2
Bay of Bengal at Chennai 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
water body ⓘ
adjacentTo Arakan ⓘ
surface form: Arakan Coast

West Bengal coast ⓘ
surface form: Bengal coast

Coromandel Coast ⓘ
borderedBy Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Andhra Pradesh coast ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bangladesh coast ⓘ
India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Arakan ⓘ
surface form: Myanmar coast

Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha coast

Sri Lanka ⓘ
Sri Lankan coast of the Indian Ocean ⓘ
Tamil Nadu coast ⓘ
West Bengal coast ⓘ
connectedTo Andaman Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ
hasApproximateArea 2173000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasFeature Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest

continental shelf ⓘ
deep-sea fan ⓘ
submarine canyons ⓘ
hasMajorRiverDelta Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery Delta

Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

Godavari Delta ⓘ
Krishna River basin ⓘ
surface form: Krishna Delta

Mahanadi Delta ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth over 4000 meters ⓘ
influencesClimateOf People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

eastern India ⓘ
surface form: Eastern India

Myanmar ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
isImportantFor fisheries livelihoods ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
isProneTo cyclone landfalls on Bangladesh coast ⓘ
cyclone landfalls on Eastern India coast ⓘ
knownFor fisheries ⓘ
high sediment load ⓘ
large river deltas ⓘ
monsoons ⓘ
shipping routes ⓘ
tropical cyclones ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northeastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
nameDerivedFrom Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Bengal region
partOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
receivesRiver Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River

Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery River

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River

Godavari ⓘ
surface form: Godavari River

Irrawaddy River ⓘ
Krishna River ⓘ
Mahanadi River ⓘ
Meghna ⓘ
surface form: Meghna River
subjectTo Northeast monsoon ⓘ
Southwest monsoon ⓘ
storm surges ⓘ

Referenced by (186)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northeast monsoon → affectsRegion → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Seventh Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Seventh Fleet
Bengal Subah → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Bengal Sultanate → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
British India → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Dutch Coromandel → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indochinese Peninsula → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Madras Presidency → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Myanmar → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
South India → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Southeast Asia → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sri Lanka → borderedBySea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Mahanadi Delta → borderedByWaterBody → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Arakan → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Arakan Mountains → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
eastern India → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
West Bengal coast → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Bengal → bordersBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Orissa → bordersBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
West Bengal → bordersBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Asia → bordersSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andhra Pradesh → bordersWaterBody → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Deccan Plateau → boundedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Corbyn’s Cove Beach → coast → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nagapattinam → coast → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Satish Dhawan Space Centre → coast → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal coast
Yanam → coast → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman Sea → connectedTo → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Arabian Sea → connectedTo → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean → containsSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges → dischargeLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Brahmaputra → dischargesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ghaghara → drainageBasin → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Pranhita → drainageBasin → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Godavari Delta → drainsInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kaveri River Delta → drainsInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Adyar River → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Cooum River → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Godavari → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Hooghly River → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kaveri → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kistna River → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Krishna → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Krishna River