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.

Hooghly River → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Irrawaddy River → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kistna River → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Meghna → mouth → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
subject surface form: Meghna River
Cooum River → mouthLocatedIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ganges → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges Delta
Godavari → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Kaveri → mouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nilaveli Beach → ocean → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: India–Bay of Bengal
Marble Beach → overlooks → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobar district → partOfRegion → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
Andaman Hindi → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Command → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Brichgunj military station → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Great Andamanese → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Jeru → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Khora → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobar megapode → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobarese → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobarese languages → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Ongan languages → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Shompen → region → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southeast Bay of Bengal
ANC → regionServed → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
BIMSTEC → regionServed → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal region
South East Asia Command → regionServed → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Adyar River → riverMouthLocation → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Little Nicobar → sea → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Arakan Mountains → separates → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Southwest monsoon → sourceRegion → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Sentinelese language → spokenIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
INS Utkrosh → supportsOperationsIn → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Cooum River → terminus → Bay of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bay of Bengal at Chennai
Eastern Naval Command → theater → Bay of Bengal ⓘ