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2271: 2630: 853:, studies the salvaged artifacts of ancient ships. Stone anchors, amphorae shards, elephant tusks, hippopotamus teeth, ceramic pottery, a rare wood mast and lead ingots are examples which may survive submerged for centuries for archaeologists to discover, study, and place their salvaged findings into the timeline of history. Coral reefs, tsunamis, cyclones, mangrove swamps, battles, and a criss-cross of sea routes in a high trading area combined with piracy have all contributed to shipwrecks in the Bay of Bengal. 698: 5733: 31: 3399: 1068: 6652: 1386: 1366: 1346: 1326: 1306: 1286: 1266: 1246: 6640: 3670: 2252: 2231: 2211: 2107: 2089: 1215: 2187: 2167: 2147: 2127: 4774: 3091: 2887: 3202: 607: 1064:. It influences China's southern landlocked region in the north and major sea ports of Bangladesh and India. China, India, and Bangladesh have forged naval cooperation agreements with Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia to increase cooperation in checking terrorism in the high seas. The Bay of Bengal's connection of South Asia to East Asia has aided in Bangladesh's efficiency of distributing natural gas to the Asia Pacific. 1196: 1159: 2071: 2047: 2023: 2002: 1981: 1960: 1939: 1914: 1893: 1872: 1847: 1822: 1797: 1772: 1754: 1730: 1706: 1682: 1661: 1640: 1620: 1599: 1574: 1553: 1532: 1512: 1491: 1470: 1449: 1428: 1407: 5747: 3188:
The eight Bay of Bengal countries have (2012) identified three major transboundary problems (or areas of concern) affecting the health of the Bay, that they can work on together. With the support of the Bay Of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME), the eight countries are now (2012) developing responses to these issues and their causes, for future implementation as the Strategic Action Programme.
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A transboundary issue is defined as an environmental problem in which either the cause of the problem and/or its impact is separated by a national boundary; or the problem contributes to a global environmental problem and finding regional solutions is considered to be a global environmental benefit.
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to south of the Equator, is up to 16.5 kilometres (10.3 mi) thick, and contains at least 1,130 trillion tonnes of sediment, which has accumulated over the last 17 million years at an average rate of 665 million tons per annum. The fan has buried organic carbon at a rate of nearly
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between Bangladesh and Myanmar resulted in military tensions in 2008 and 2009. The maritime dispute between Bangladesh and Myanmar settled in 2012 through the judgement of ITLOS. In 2014, the dispute between India and Bangladesh was also settled in which the UN tribunal awarded Bangladesh 19,467 km
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The remainder of the year, the counterclockwise current is southwestward flowing, and the circulation pattern is called the East Indian Winter Jet. September and December see very active weather, season varsha (or monsoon), in the Bay of Bengal producing severe cyclones which affect eastern India.
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Thoni and catamaran fishing boats of fishing villages thrive along the Bay of Bengal shorelines. Fishermen can catch between 26 and 44 species of marine fish. In one year, the average catch is two million tons of fish from the Bay of Bengal alone. Approximately 31% of the world's coastal fishermen
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production in the Bay of Bengal is six million tonnes per year, more than seven percent of the world's catch. The major transboundary issues relating to shared fisheries are: a decline in the overall availability of fish resources; changes in species composition of catches; the high proportion of
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A zone 50 m wide extending from the island of Sri Lanka and the Coromandel coast to the head of the bay, and thence southwards through a strip embracing the Andaman and Nicobar islands, is bounded by the 100 fathom line of sea bottom; some 50 m. beyond this lies the 500-fathom limit. Opposite the
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and most heavy metal contamination tend to be localized and lack a strong transboundary dimension. The main causes of the issues are: increasing coastal population density and urbanization; higher consumption, resulting in more waste generated per person; insufficient funds allocated to waste
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is world's largest abyssal fan, also known as deep-sea fans, underwater deltas, and submarine fans. The fan is about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) long, 1,430 km (890 mi) wide with a maximum thickness of 16.5 km (10.3 mi). The fan resulted from the uplift and erosion of the
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are estimated to come from India and Bangladesh travelling into Sundurban and subsequently the Bay of Bengal. High nutrient discharges from rivers could intensify largescale hypoxia. Atmospheric transport of nutrients is inherently transboundary. Differences between countries with regard to
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management; migration of industry into BOBLME countries; and proliferation of small industries. A pertinent issue is the rapid growth of the shrimp culture industry which requires use of antibiotics and chemicals for export-quality food safety but pollutes the Bay of Bengal.
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The fan was first identified by bathymetric survey in the sixties by Bruce C. Heezen and Marie Tharp which identified the abyssal cone and canyon structures. It was delineated and named by Joseph Curray and David Moore following a geological and geophysical survey in 1968.
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Large deposits of natural gas in the areas within Bangladesh's sea zone incited a serious urgency by India and Myanmar into a territorial dispute. Disputes over rights of some oil and gas blocks have caused brief diplomatic spats between Myanmar and India with Bangladesh.
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are part of the Burma Microplate. The India Plate subducts beneath the Burma Plate at the Sunda Trench or Java Trench. Here, the pressure of the two plates on each other increase pressure and temperature resulting in the formation of volcanoes such as the
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The earliest sign of Muslims in the region came from the textile trade routes where one targeted the east Arabian Sea influencing migration of Arabs and Persians and another to the west causing Buddhist Bengalis to culturally mix with Islam.
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China has recently made efforts to project influence into the region through tie-ups with Myanmar and Bangladesh. The United States has held major exercises with Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and recently India. The largest ever
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The fan completely covers the floor of the Bay of Bengal. It is bordered to the west by the continental slope of eastern India, to the north by the continental slope of Bangladesh and to east by the northern part of
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Gong, Chenglin; Wang, Haiqiang; Shao, Dali; Wang, Hongping; Qi, Kun; Xu, Xiaoyong (1 July 2022). "How did the world's largest submarine fan in the Bay of Bengal grow and evolve at the subfan scale?".
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is an archaeological site in Southern India, in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the capital, Pondicherry of the Indian territory of Puducherry
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April 9 - HMS Hermes: The world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, which sunk after receiving 40 direct hits from 70 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter/bombers off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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The Bay of Bengal is an area of high biodiversity, with many endangered and vulnerable species. The major transboundary issues relating to habitats are: the loss and degradation of
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Tilmann Schwenk; Volkhard Spiess (2009). "Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Bengal Fan as Response to Tectonic and Climate Revealed from High-Resolution Seismic Data".
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in one location forces a migration of fishers and vessels to other locations. All countries (to a greater or lesser degree) are experiencing difficulties in implementing
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was a stronghold for Portuguese Pirates. In the 16th century, the Portuguese built trading posts in the north of the Bay of Bengal at Chittagong (Porto Grande) and
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River are likely to be transboundary. Plastics and derelict fishing gear can be transported long distances across national boundaries. Around 4 million tonnes of
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One of the first trading ventures along the Bay of Bengal was The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, more commonly referred to as the
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of India. The Cheduba group of islands, in the north-east, off the Burmese coast, are remarkable for a chain of mud volcanoes, which are occasionally active.
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naval exercise. Aegis cruisers from the navies of Japan and Australia, and logistical support ships from Singapore and India in the Bay of Bengal took part.
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group, in such a way that all the narrow waters between the islands lie Eastward of the line and are excluded from the Bay of Bengal, as far as a point in
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is a 14 km-wide deep sea canyon of the Bay of Bengal. The deepest recorded area of this valley is about 1340 m. The submarine canyon is part of the
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The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,600,000 square kilometres (1,000,000 sq mi). A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the
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From January to October, the current is northward flowing, and the clockwise circulation pattern is called the "East Indian Current". The Bay of Bengal
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in Bay of Bengal, known as Malabar 2007, was held in 2007 and naval warships from the United States, India, Singapore, Japan and Australia took part.
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for several varying uses of the land and sea are common in all BOBLME countries. Trade in products from all the habitats is transboundary in nature.
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are: sewage-borne pathogens and organic load; solid waste/marine litter; increasing nutrient inputs; oil pollution; persistent organic pollutants (
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Kumar, Rakesh; Sinha, Rama; Refat, Md; Rakib, Jahan; Padha, Shaveta; Ivy, Nishita; Bhattacharya, Sayan; Dhar, Anjali; Sharma, Prabhakar (2022).
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Curray, Joseph R.; Frans J. Emmel; David G. Moore (December 2002). "The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes".
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is one of the four sacred places in Hindu pilgrimage along with Puri beach on the banks of Bay of Bengal. Mahodadhi was named after Lord
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Sri Vaisakheswara Swamy temple lies two kilometers from the Visakhapatnam coast under the Bay of Bengal's sea bed. Spokespeople from
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consists of smaller islands. Only 37, or 6.5%, of the 572 islands and islets of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are inhabited.
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which lies in the Indian state of West Bengal and in Bangladesh. The Brahmaputra at 2,948 km (1,832 mi) is the 15th
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Cochran, J.R.; Stow, D.A.V.; et al. (1989). Cochran, J.R; Stow, D.A.V (eds.). "116 Initial Reports Table of Contents".
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age. Their mineralogical and geochemical characteristics allow to identify their Himalayan origin and demonstrate that the
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The Bay of Bengal is centrally located in South and Southeast Asia. It lies at the center of two huge economic blocks, the
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Hurricanes: Their Nature and History: Particularly Those of the West Indies and the Southern Coasts of the United States
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of the Shankaracharya. On Paush Purnima of every year the Shankaracharya himself comes out to offer prayers to the sea.
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or marine archaeology is the study of how ancient peoples interacted with the sea and waterways. A specialized branch,
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Curray, Joseph R.; David G. Moore (March 1971). "Growth of the Bengal Deep-Sea Fan and Denudation in the Himalayas".
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moves in a northwest direction striking the Nicobar Islands, and the Andaman Islands first end of May, then coast of
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occupied the western coast of the Bay of Bengal and is now considered to be India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh state.
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Morien Institute – underwater discoveries news archive, January–June 2006, "Sri Vaisakheswara still lies underwater"
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is the northernmost of these rivers. Its main channel enters and flows through Bangladesh, where it is known as the
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with the Bay of Bengal. This would connect India from east to west without the necessity of going around Sri Lanka.
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Group to Sandy Point in Little Andaman Island, in such a way that all the narrow waters appertain to the Burma Sea].
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Gupta, R.Sen; Kureishy, Tariq W. (September 1981). "Present state of oil pollution in the northern Indian Ocean".
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which live in turbid lagoon reefs or shallow coastal reefs. Schools of dolphins can be seen, whether they are the
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The Maritime Boundary Dispute Between Bangladesh and Myanmar: Motivations, Potential Solutions, and Implications
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mouth of the Ganges, however, the intervals between these depths are very much extended by deltaic influence.
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Liu, J.P.; Kuehl, S.A.; Pierce, A.C.; Williams, J.; Blair, N.E.; Harris, C.; Aung, D.W.; Aye, Y.Y. (2020).
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was one of their main trading centers. Other trading companies along the Bay of Bengal shorelines were the
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Attacked by Japanese bombers in the Bay of Bengal, about 25 miles (40 km) offshore from Vizagapatam, India.
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can survive because of the nesting grounds made available at the Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary,
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or Black Pagoda. This Brahman sanctuary was built of black granite mid-1200 AD and has been declared a
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A tropical storm with rotating winds blowing at speeds of 119 km/h (74 mph) is called a
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Its outlying islands (the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and, most importantly, major ports such as
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in the Atlantic. Between 100,000 and 500,000 residents of Bangladesh were killed because of the
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reached the western coastline of the Bay of Bengal between the Godavari and the Krishna rivers.
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and other ocean health indicators in the Bay have difficulty obtaining accurate measurements.
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of the Second Expeditionary Fleet, Malay Force, attacked merchant ships in the Bay of Bengal.
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was constructed in the 8th century AD and myth has it that six other temples were built here.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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and dolphins usually reside in the same waters. In shallower and warmer coastal waters the
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regulation and enforcement of shipping discharges may drive discharges across boundaries.
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from where it began. To date, the oldest sediments recovered from the Bengal fan are from
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Island in latitude 10°48'N, longitude 92°24'E and thence along the Southwest limit of the
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France-Lanord, Christian; Volkhard Spiess; Peter Molnar; Joseph R. Curray (March 2000).
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is a new venture proposed which would create a channel for a shipping route to link the
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SEPM Special Publication, No. 92. External Controls on Deep-Water Depositional Systems
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are shared between BOBLME countries through the transboundary migration of fish, or
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Some small fishing boats are catching fish & sell them in local coastal markets.
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Arabian Sea: depth contours and undersea features – Map/Still – Britannica Concise
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The Shore Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the shore of the Bay of Bengal.
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is at Dhanushkodi, where the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Mannar come together.
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impacts are shared by all BOBLME countries. The main causes of the issues are:
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every year. The sediment from these three rivers form the Bengal Delta and the
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Samudra arati or worship of the sea by disciples of the Govardhan Matha at Puri
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The Ganga–Brahmaputra-Barak rivers deposit nearly 1000 million tons of
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substantially and economically gain from the sea area by constructing sea
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1855: The Bark "Incredible" struck on a sunken rock in the Bay of Bengal.
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is the main archipelago or island group of the Andaman Islands, whereas
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and lack of enforcement; upstream development that affects water-flow;
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invaded northern India perhaps extending as far as the Bay of Bengal.
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The Bay of Bengal is full of biological diversity, diverging amongst
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regions bordering the Bay of Bengal are rich in minerals. Sri Lanka,
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Rashid, Towhida; Hoque, Sirajul; Akter, Sharmin (28 November 2014).
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The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Ships, Passengers, Captains
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before turning south and entering Bangladesh where it is called the
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The Portuguese in Bengal. History of Ugolim (Hoogli), Meliapore ...
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or American War of Independence ranged as far as the Bay of Bengal.
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Swamy Temple. This is the place where one of the distributaries of
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1794, Orbis Veteribus Notus by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
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1.1 trillion mol/yr (13.2 million t/yr) since the early
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Sea). Another name commonly used mainly in Tamil was Vanga Kadal.
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bordering the Bay of Bengal is the largest single block of tidal
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being a common problem. Sewage and organic discharges from the
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period. The three rivers currently contribute nearly 8% of the
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Rashid, Towhida; Hoque, Sirajul; Akter, Firoza (2 June 2013).
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was already a major mountain range 20 million years ago.
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flow west to east before draining into the Bay of Bengal. The
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died 12 April 1850 and was buried at sea in the Bay of Bengal.
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provides sanctuary to many animals some of which include the
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in Peninsular India and drain into the Bay of Bengal forming
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487 V. Suryanarayan, Prospects for a Bay of Bengal Community
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Ocean acidification in Bay of Bengal is now being monitored
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is a sea snake of the Bay of Bengal. Glory of Bengal cone (
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a large estuarine delta that holds a mangrove area in the
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when they originate over the Bay of Bengal, and called a
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are a few of the marine animals. Bay of Bengal hogfish (
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France-Lanord, Christian; Derry L.; Michard A. (1993).
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The fan is now being explored as a possible source of
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and is slowly moving north east. This plate meets the
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CMS: Stenella attenuata, Pantropical spotted dolphin
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The long stretch of sand glistening like silver dust
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was a result of the pressure at this zone causing a
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defines the limits of the Bay of Bengal as follows:
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say the temple may be opposite the Coastal Battery.
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Archived from the original on 29 January 2005. 3755:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh 1131:of the 25,602 km sea area of the Bay of Bengal. 49: 4997: 3969:The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies 3387: 2576:of the earth is broken up into what are called 647:occupied and controlled the Bay of Bengal with 538:The other Sanskrit names for Bay of Bengal are 495:, this water body may have been referred to as 223:, Sri Lanka, and the northwesternmost point of 219:of India. Its southern limit is a line between 5647:"Forces of Nature—Natural Disaster Fast Facts" 5093:. Ocean Drilling Program College Station, TX. 3375:are transported long distances. POPs/PTSs and 3333: 3268: 2621:which then resulted in a destructive tsunami. 2481:in India is a major port of the Bay of Bengal. 2415:and by trapping the sediment from its rivers. 889:is supposed to have sunk in the Bay of Bengal. 410:(South point of Ceylon) to the North point of 196:, geographically it is positioned between the 7118: 6684: 5793: 5548: 5089:. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. 5043: 4640:"Bangladesh wins maritime dispute with India" 4367: 4365: 3856: 3684:History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia 3196: 2912:. The Bay of Bengal is one of the World's 64 833:to store and market ice year round. In 1897, 162:2,600,000 km (1,000,000 sq mi) 5773:Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project 5676: 5674: 5672: 4962: 4960: 4798:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 4740:"World's longest beach hidden in Bangladesh" 4515: 4439:"1971 War: How the US tried to corner India" 3312: 3217:, especially through loss of vulnerable and 2615:Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and Asian tsunami 2343:that finally drains into Bay of Bengal. The 1221:, the longest stretch of beach in the world. 1170:is a daily tradition started by the present 857:Shipwrecks and important shipping incidences 677:across northern India to the Bay of Bengal. 639:(9th century to 12th century) when ruled by 213:countries are dependent on the Bay of Bengal 4945:Morphological features in the Bay of Bengal 4894: 4075: 3958: 3956: 3826:, United States Army Map Service, page 115. 3338:The major transboundary issues relating to 3213:juvenile fish in the catch; and changes in 908:while traversing the Bay of Bengal typhoon. 583: 563: 543: 504: 7132: 7125: 7111: 6691: 6677: 5800: 5786: 5264:"Ocean Acidification in the Bay of Bengal" 5194: 5078: 4362: 2786: 2693:. Most of the sediment is supplied by the 2656:, the largest submarine fan in the world. 1045: 969:sunk under mysterious circumstances, near 7511:Southwestern Sri Lanka rivers and streams 5680: 5669: 5525: 5416:"Bodianus neilli (Bay of Bengal Hogfish)" 5312:Phillip Colla Natural History Photography 5167: 5165: 5069: 4957: 4879: 4767: 4765: 3743: 3307:intensive upstream agricultural practices 3191: 3175:Learn how and when to remove this message 2764:and continues along the west side of the 716:of Andhra Pradesh devoted to Sri Lakshmi 231:, the longest sea beach in the world and 4784: 4699: 3962: 3953: 3786:"Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" 3699:Bangladesh and the Indo-Pacific Strategy 3397: 3317: 3200: 2885: 2873: 2845: 2628: 2472: 2269: 1213: 1194: 1157: 1066: 756:lie along the coast of Bay of Bengal at 696: 605: 5506:Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 5293:Glossary of Physical Oceanography Ba-Bm 4977:(10). Elsevier Science Ltd: 1191–1223. 4546: 4100: 3996: 3965:"The Re-Emergence of the Bay of Bengal" 3810: 3617:1980: December Tropical Storm Five (5B) 3605:1982: October Tropical Storm Three (3B) 3080: 2908:, fish spawning and nursery areas, and 1134: 321:International Hydrographic Organization 7560: 5330: 5203:Geological Society of America Bulletin 5162: 5121:Geological Society Special Publication 4820: 4762: 4693: 4590:from the original on 29 September 2021 4578:Gady, Franz-Stefan (13 October 2015). 4528:from the original on 29 September 2021 4516:Parameswaran, Prashanth (7 May 2015). 4371: 4235:Shipping Notes from the 1800s – P.E.I. 4076:Chakravorty, Sohini (5 January 2012). 3835: 3614:1980: December Unknown Storm Four (4B) 3394:Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal 2685:produced by the collision between the 982: 7106: 6672: 5781: 5331:Haider, Mashida R. 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(25 January 2005). 4088:from the original on 10 December 2021 4042: 3829: 3611:1980: October Tropical Storm One (1B) 3427:Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha 2386:, a vast structure that extends from 841: 211:Many South Asian and Southeast Asian 16:Northeastern part of the Indian Ocean 5384:from the original on 6 December 2022 4750:from the original on 30 January 2017 4668: 4577: 4559:from the original on 4 December 2015 4436: 4350:from the original on 9 November 2017 4340:"The Bay of Bengal: New bay dawning" 4266:Nabataea: Trade on the Bay of Bengal 4057:from the original on 6 December 2022 3979:from the original on 14 October 2022 3930:from the original on 20 October 2023 3900:from the original on 20 October 2023 3457:Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani 3113:adding citations to reliable sources 3084: 1139:The Bay of Bengal in the stretch of 1032:Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project 5243:from the original on 11 August 2008 5158:from the original on 12 March 2020. 4449:from the original on 28 August 2013 3866:. indiatourism4u.in. Archived from 3297:needs of the coastal poor; lack of 2521:. Bangladeshi ports on the Bay are 2438:also flow from west to east across 737:or "Black Waters" built in 1896 on 527:whilst Ancient Greeks called it in 455:" in Dutch language on maps of the 13: 5705: 5274:from the original on 22 April 2023 4907:from the original on 30 April 2020 4895:Balakrishna, Suri (26 July 1999). 4013:from the original on 14 April 2021 3975:(2), McFarland & Company: 52, 3744:Chowdhury, Sifatul Quader (2012). 3523:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin 3281:; and the loss of, and damage to, 1174:of Puri 9 years ago to honour the 922:that was captured and scuttled by 14: 7629: 7573:Marginal seas of the Indian Ocean 7373:Divisional Secretariats Divisions 5725: 5720:National Bureau of Asian Research 5374:"Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve" 4843:from the original on 20 May 2004. 4720:from the original on 4 March 2016 4681:from the original on 6 March 2016 4547:Miglani, Sanjeev (22 July 2015). 4469:"The Burma Project -Burma Debate" 4437:Arpi, Claude (26 December 2006). 4000:Maritime Trade of Ancient Kalinga 3766:from the original on 4 March 2016 3608:1981: December Cyclone Three (3B) 3602:1982: May Tropical Storm Two (2B) 3596:1985: May Tropical Storm One (1B) 3559:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis 3517:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud 3487:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Vardah 3451:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bulbul 2971:Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin ( 2659: 2624: 918:1914: September 10 - SS Indus: A 882:ship burned in the Bay of Bengal. 692: 6651: 6650: 6638: 5745: 5731: 4772: 4669:Sahu, Monideepa (6 March 2016). 4144:. 16 August 2005. Archived from 3725:from the original on 3 July 2013 3668: 3541:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Thane 3439:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nivar 3089: 2485:Indian ports on the bay include 2250: 2229: 2209: 2185: 2165: 2145: 2125: 2105: 2087: 2069: 2045: 2021: 2000: 1979: 1958: 1937: 1912: 1891: 1870: 1845: 1820: 1795: 1770: 1752: 1728: 1704: 1680: 1659: 1638: 1618: 1597: 1572: 1551: 1530: 1510: 1489: 1468: 1447: 1426: 1405: 1384: 1364: 1344: 1324: 1304: 1284: 1264: 1244: 188:is the northeastern part of the 29: 5639: 5620: 5577: 5542: 5493: 5468: 5438: 5408: 5396: 5366: 5347: 5324: 5305: 5286: 5255: 5229: 5178:Society for Sedimentary Geology 5037: 4938: 4919: 4888: 4847: 4814: 4802: 4732: 4662: 4632: 4602: 4571: 4540: 4509: 4461: 4430: 4400: 4332: 4302: 4278: 4259: 4247: 4228: 4209: 4190: 4171: 4152: 4130: 4069: 4036: 4017: 3990: 3839:The Great Philosophers of India 3577:Odisha Super Cyclonic Storm 05B 3571:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Mala 3565:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr 3553:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila 3547:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Giri 3463:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Gaja 3433:Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Yaas 3239:ecosystem approach to fisheries 3100:needs additional citations for 3036:Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve 2870:Marine biology, flora and fauna 2664:Submarine fan is also known as 2568:Lithosphere and plate tectonics 2552: 2355:in the world. It originates in 1185: 977: 467:The bay gets its name from the 239:and the natural habitat of the 7496:dry-zone dry evergreen forests 4051:University of California Press 3942: 3912: 3882: 3778: 3737: 3711: 2701:rivers which supply the Lower 2668:. 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Ancient Romans called it 462: 170:2,600 m (8,500 ft) 7: 4178:Marine Archaeology in India 3661: 3655:False Point cyclone of 1885 3648:Backergunge cyclone of 1876 3445:Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan 3405:at its peak near Bangladesh 3334:Pollution and water quality 3269:Marine habitats degradation 3065:Another endangered species 2533:. Sri Lankan ports include 2468: 2331:flows from east to west in 1143:, the gateway to heaven in 902:1865: a gale dismasted the 744:Buddhist heritage sites of 217:Andaman and Nicobar Islands 10: 7634: 7613:Bodies of water of Myanmar 7491:Deccan thorn scrub forests 6884:Inland lakes, deltas, etc. 6019:American Mediterranean Sea 5718:, July 2010) published by 5050:Journal of Palaeogeography 4935:URL access 21 January 2007 4708:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 4168:; accessed 22 January 2007 4043:Eaton, Richard M. (1993). 3752:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 3475:Severe Cyclonic Storm Mora 3391: 3309:; and increasing tourism. 3279:degradation of coral reefs 3197:Fisheries overexploitation 3058:Cuora amboinensis kamaroma 2562: 2265: 1190: 1049: 1042:live and work on the bay. 1003:English East India Company 995:British East India Company 986: 601: 532: 7593:Bangladesh–Myanmar border 7459: 7386: 7378:Grama Niladhari Divisions 7353: 7307: 7256: 7218: 7180: 7140: 7030: 6974: 6883: 6707: 6632: 6606: 6573: 6355: 6262: 5994: 5906: 5823: 5633:Journal of Marine Science 5551:Marine Pollution Bulletin 5480:29 September 2021 at the 5071:10.1016/j.jop.2015.08.011 4931:27 September 2007 at the 4744:The Sydney Morning Herald 4392:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 3313:Environmental degradation 3299:coastal development plans 2403:reserves. Bangladesh can 2363:, another channel of the 2302: 1007:French East India Company 851:archaeology of shipwrecks 475:and the Indian states of 314: 174: 166: 158: 150: 142: 138: 109: 97: 87: 48: 40: 28: 23: 5825:Antarctic/Southern Ocean 5317:2 September 2004 at the 3963:Agarwala, Nitin (2020), 3586:Super Cyclonic Storm 02B 3048:leatherback sea turtle ( 2802:which means Gem Island. 2349:Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta 1147:, in the Indian town of 861:In chronological order: 724:meets the Bay of Bengal. 665:about the middle of the 7588:Bangladesh–India border 7210:Knuckles Mountain Range 7205:Hanthana Mountain Range 5971:Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea 5359:3 February 2007 at the 5339:. Dhaka. 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(2016). 4310:"LME 34 Bay of Bengal" 4271:22 August 2013 at the 4240:30 August 2013 at the 4221:27 August 2013 at the 3622:Andhra Pradesh Cyclone 3406: 3303:marine protected areas 3206: 3192:Ecological degradation 2897: 2883: 2708:in Bangladesh and the 2642: 2482: 2278: 1222: 1211: 1163: 1151:is considered holy by 1076: 733:British penal colony: 702: 618: 514:Great water receptacle 192:. The world's largest 5180:). pp. 107–131. 4164:14 April 2006 at the 3924:www.perseus.tufts.edu 3894:www.perseus.tufts.edu 3822:27 March 2023 at the 3641:1864 Calcutta Cyclone 3401: 3318:Environmental hazards 3204: 3040:saltwater crocodile ( 3027:Orcaella brevirostris 3015:Stenella longirostris 2997:bottle nose dolphin ( 2889: 2877: 2846:Oceanographic climate 2826:are just some of the 2758:Indo-Australian Plate 2632: 2582:Indo-Australian Plate 2558:In alphabetical order 2476: 2418:Further southwest of 2323:, before joining the 2307:Many major rivers of 2297:Ritchie's Archipelago 2273: 1860:Edward Elliot's Beach 1217: 1198: 1161: 1070: 792:Ramanathaswamy Temple 700: 609: 562:(Sanskrit: वङ्गसागर, 491:). 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Mahabalipuram's 714:Konaseema district 703: 652:circa AD 1014 619: 7608:Bays of Indonesia 7555: 7554: 7439:Southern Province 7424:Northern Province 7200:Central Highlands 7172:Natural disasters 7100: 7099: 6961:Kerala backwaters 6666: 6665: 6645:Oceans portal 6194:Mediterranean Sea 6144:Gulf of Venezuela 5936:East Siberian Sea 5878:Riiser-Larsen Sea 5750:Media related to 5694:978-0-8371-2316-5 5187:978-1-56576-136-0 5025:on 5 October 2011 4702:"Sundarbans, The" 4499:Global Politician 4379:Asia Times Online 4346:. 27 April 2013. 3849:978-1-4343-7780-7 3798:on 8 October 2011 3324:Asian brown cloud 3237:, especially the 3185: 3184: 3177: 3159: 3013:spinner dolphin ( 2930:Conus bengalensis 2828:gems of Sri Lanka 2766:Ninety East Ridge 2722:submarine canyons 2329:Brahmaputra River 2277:, Andaman Islands 2263: 2262: 2101:Alur Nunang Beach 1996:Beach, Tamil Nadu 1975:Beach, Tamil Nadu 1954:Beach, Tamil Nadu 1785:Manginapudi Beach 1525:Chandipur, Odisha 1128:maritime boundary 1023:, Sri Lanka, and 934:Japanese cruiser 835:Swami Vivekananda 817:Andhra University 685:(Porto Pequeno). 533:Κόλπος Γαγγητικός 469:historical Bengal 182: 181: 7625: 7449:Western Province 7414:Eastern Province 7409:Central Province 7155:Climatic regions 7127: 7120: 7113: 7104: 7103: 7002:Gulf of Khambhat 6693: 6686: 6679: 6670: 6669: 6654: 6653: 6643: 6642: 6575:Endorheic basins 6455:Gulf of Thailand 6307:Gulf of Khambhat 5802: 5795: 5788: 5779: 5778: 5749: 5735: 5699: 5698: 5678: 5667: 5666: 5664: 5662: 5653:. 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Index

Map of the Bay of Bengal
15°N 88°E / 15°N 88°E / 15; 88
Type
Primary inflows
Basin
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Indian Ocean
bay
Indian subcontinent
Indochinese peninsula
Bengal region
countries are dependent on the Bay of Bengal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Sangaman Kanda
Sumatra
Cox's Bazar
Sundarbans
mangrove forest
Bengal tiger
Ganges
Hooghly
Padma
Brahmaputra
Jamuna
Barak
Surma

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