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.

Mahanadi Delta → emptiesInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indo-Australian Plate → extendsUnder → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Swami Rock → faces → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Krishna River basin → flowsInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Meghna → flowsInto → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Meghna River
Kamarajar Salai → followsCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Black Water → geographicalContext → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman district → hasCoastOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
BIMSTEC → hasCoastalMemberStatesOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andhra Pradesh → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
eastern India → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Galathea National Park → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
India → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Little Nicobar → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobar district → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
North Andaman Island → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Orissa → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Puducherry → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Puducherry (parts) → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
South Andaman Island → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
Kistna River → hasEstuary → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
South Asia → hasMajorSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Batticaloa Lagoon → hasMouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indo-Pacific region → hasPart → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Rameswaram → hasSea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Chidiya Tapu → hasView → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Corbyn’s Cove Beach → hasView → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kamarajar Salai → hasViewOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Western Indo-Pacific → includes → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Trincomalee → isPortCityOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Eastern Naval Command → jurisdiction → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal littoral
Sriharikota → locatedBetween → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman district → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Bo → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Bo (Great Andamanese language)
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
Campbell Bay National Park → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Car Nicobar → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Cellular Jail → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Galathea National Park → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Great Andamanese languages → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
Great Nicobar Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
INS Baaz → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kala Pani → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ