Bay of Bengal

E14801
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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Bay of Bengal canonical 544
Bay of Bengal region 20
Bay of Bengal coast 9

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 (585)

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

British India → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
India → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Asia → bordersSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges Delta
Ganges → dischargeLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
Bengal → bordersBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Madras Presidency → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Krishna → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Krishna River
South Asia → hasMajorSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indo-Australian Plate → extendsUnder → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Southeast Asia → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean → containsSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Brahmaputra → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Brahmaputra → dischargesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Godavari → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Godavari → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kaveri → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kaveri → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Command → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Campbell Bay National Park → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Chennai → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Trincomalee → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Trincomalee → isPortCityOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Port Blair → locatedInBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Cellular Jail → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → connectedRegion → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Arabian Sea → connectedTo → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sentinelese → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Great Andamanese → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Myanmar → borderedBy → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Nicobarese → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
British India Steam Navigation Company → operatedRoute → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: India–Bay of Bengal
Rameswaram → hasSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Shompen → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Shompen → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Bay of Bengal
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → location → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → borders → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sri Lanka → borderedBySea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman Sea → connectedTo → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sundarbans → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal coastal region
South Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
South Andaman Island → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Middle Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → drainsInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ