West Bengal coast

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coastline geographical region

The West Bengal coast is a low-lying, riverine shoreline in eastern India known for the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta and the ecologically rich Sundarbans mangrove forests.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bengal coast	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastline ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
administrativeState	West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Bangladesh coast ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ
climate	humid ⓘ tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
contains	Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta ⓘ surface form: Ganges-Brahmaputra delta Sundarbans ⓘ Sundarbans ⓘ surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest
country	India ⓘ
crossBorderRegionWith	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
economicActivity	aquaculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ port trade ⓘ rice cultivation ⓘ
ecoregion	Sundarbans ⓘ surface form: Sundarbans mangroves
hasFeature	low-lying shoreline ⓘ mangrove forests ⓘ mudflats ⓘ riverine shoreline ⓘ tidal creeks ⓘ
hasPort	Haldia Port ⓘ Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata ⓘ surface form: Kolkata Port
hasProtectedArea	Sundarbans ⓘ surface form: Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve Sundarbans ⓘ surface form: Sundarbans National Park Sundarbans Tiger Reserve ⓘ
hasTown	Bakkhali ⓘ Diamond Harbour ⓘ Digha ⓘ
hazard	coastal erosion ⓘ salinity intrusion ⓘ
knownFor	Royal Bengal tiger habitat ⓘ extensive mangrove ecosystems ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn	West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern India ⓘ
majorRiverMouth	Ganges NERFINISHED ⓘ Hooghly River ⓘ Matla River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupnarayan River NERFINISHED ⓘ Subarnarekha River NERFINISHED ⓘ
ocean	Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Bay of Bengal coastline ⓘ
UNESCOSite	Sundarbans ⓘ surface form: Sundarbans National Park
vulnerableTo	coastal flooding ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ storm surges ⓘ tropical cyclones ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Bay of Bengal → adjacentTo → West Bengal coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengal coast

Bay of Bengal → borderedBy → West Bengal coast ⓘ