Gulf of Khambhat

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coastal water body gulf inlet of the sea

The Gulf of Khambhat is a large, funnel-shaped inlet of the Arabian Sea along India’s western coast in Gujarat, known for its extreme tidal ranges and the mouths of several major rivers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cambay 1
Gulf of Cambay 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal water body ⓘ
gulf ⓘ
inlet of the sea ⓘ
adjacentCity Bharuch ⓘ
Bhavnagar ⓘ
adjacentDistrict Ahmedabad ⓘ
surface form: Ahmedabad district

Anand district ⓘ
Bharuch district ⓘ
Bhavnagar district ⓘ
Kheda district ⓘ
Surat district ⓘ
adjacentTown Bharuch ⓘ
surface form: Khambhat
alsoKnownAs Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Cambay

Kathiawar ⓘ
surface form: Khambhat Khadi
coast western coast of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
port activities ⓘ
salt production ⓘ
ecosystemType estuarine environment ⓘ
intertidal mudflats ⓘ
knownFor extreme tidal ranges ⓘ
high sediment transport ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
locatedIn Gujarat ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
surface form: western India
locatedOn Indian west coast ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Arabian Sea ⓘ
maximumTidalRangeCategory macrotidal ⓘ
northernBoundary Cambay region of Gujarat ⓘ
ocean Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Arabian Sea ⓘ
proposedProjectSite Kalpasar project ⓘ
riverMouth Bhogavo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Narmada River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabarmati River ⓘ
Shetrunji River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tapi River ⓘ
salinity highly variable ⓘ
sedimentSource Mahi River sediments ⓘ
Narmada River sediments ⓘ
Sabarmati River sediments ⓘ
Tapi River sediments ⓘ
separates Kathiawar Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Kathiawar Peninsula from mainland Gujarat
shape funnel-shaped ⓘ
southernBoundary South Gujarat ⓘ
surface form: Surat region of Gujarat
stateCoast Gujarat coast ⓘ
tidalRangeCharacteristic among highest tidal ranges on Indian coast ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Rann of Kutch → adjacentTo → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Gulf of Khambhat → alsoKnownAs → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Cambay
Sabarmati River → flowsInto → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Kathiawar Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Reva → hasMouthLocation → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambay
Narmada → mouthLocation → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Rewa → mouthLocation → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ
Sabarmati River → mouthLocation → Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ