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.

Little Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Little Nicobar → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Middle Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobar Islands → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
North Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
North Sentinel Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Pluto Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Pucikwar → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Puducherry (parts) → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal coastal region
Red Skin Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ritchie’s Archipelago → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sentinelese → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Shompen → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
South Andaman Island → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sundarbans → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal coastal region
Andaman Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman district → locatedInBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Campbell Bay
Pigeon Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Port Blair → locatedInBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nancowry → locatedInEthnolinguisticArea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Viper Island → locatedInWaterBody → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Fort St. George → locatedNear → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Khulna → locatedNear → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Chennai → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Chittagong → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Marina Beach → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Puducherry → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Vizagapatam → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Fort Frederick → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kakinada → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kakinada → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kakinada Bay
Trincomalee → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Elliot’s Beach → locatedOnCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Godavari Delta → locatedOnCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Koneswaram Temple → locatedOnCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Madras Port → locatedOnCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sriharikota → locatedOnCoastOf → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kamarajar Port → locatedOnWaterbody → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Bangladesh Liberation War → location → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Cari → location → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Cari language
Indian Ocean raid → location → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Brahmaputra → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ