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Bay of bengal
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Image:Bay of Bengal map.png thumb|right|A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal.
The '''Bay of Bengal''' is a
Headlands and bays bay that forms the northeastern part of the
Indian Ocean. It resembles a
triangle in shape, and is bordered on the east by
Malay Peninsula, and on the west by
India. On the northern tip of the "bay" lie the
Indian state of
West Bengal and the country of
Bangladesh, thus the name.
The southern extremes reach the island country of
Sri Lanka, and the Indian Union Territory of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Many major rivers of India flow west to east into the Bay of Bengal: in the north, the
Ganges River (or Ganga),
Meghna River Meghna and
Brahmaputra River Brahmaputra rivers, and in the south
Mahanadi River Mahanadi,
Godavari River Godavari,
Krishna River Krishna and
Kaveri River Kaveri (sometimes written as Cauvery) rivers. The
Sundarbans mangrove forest is formed at the delta of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. The
Ayeyarwady River of
Myanmar also flows into the bay.
Major Bangladeshi ports on the bay include
Chittagong and
Mongla. Major Indian ports on the bay include
Chennai (formerly Madras),
Vishakhapatnam,
Kolkata (formerly
Calcutta) and
Pondicherry.
Cox's Bazar, on the northeastern coast of the bay, is one of the longest unbroken natural beaches of the world.
See also
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Andaman Islands
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Cox's Bazar
{{SouthAsiaWaters}}
Category:Seas
Category:Indian Ocean
ca:Golf de Bengala
da:Den Bengalske Bugt
de:Golf von Bengalen
es:Golfo de Bengala
fr:Golfe du Bengale
ko:벵골 만
is:Bengalflói
it:Golfo del Bengala
nl:Golf van Bengalen
ja:ベンガル湾
no:Bengalbukta
pl:Zatoka Bengalska
pt:BaÃa de Bengala
ru:БенгальÑ?кий залив
fi:Bengalinlahti
sv:Bengaliska bukten
ta:வங�காள விரிக�டா
zh:åŸåŠ 拉湾
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Bay of Bengal
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