Bay of Bengal

29 Oct 2024 15:00:31 pm

Tags : Bay of Bengal

Topic: Water Bodies

Why in the news?

Eight fishermen were killed when their trawling boat capsized in rough weather in the Bay of Bengal around 60 km off the West Bengal coast. Eight more from the boat have been rescued by the police. One is still missing.

Source: The Hindu

About Bay of Bengal:

It lies in the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
It is the world\'s largest bay.
It is positioned between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula, located below the Bengal region.
Geopolitically, it is bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka, and the northwesternmost point of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Cox\'s Bazar, the longest sea beach in the world and Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest and the natural habitat of the Bengal tiger, are located along the bay.
A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal which include the Ganges–Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra–Jamuna, the Barak–Surma–Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Godavari, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, the Baitarani, the Krishna, and the Kaveri.

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