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BENGAL, BAY OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENGAL, See also:BAY OF , a portion of the See also:Indian Ocean, resembling a triangle in shape, lying between See also:India and See also:Burma. A See also:zone 50 M. wide extending from the See also:island of See also:Ceylon and the Coromandel See also:coast to the See also:head of the bay, and thence southwards through a See also:strip embracing the Andaman and Nicobar islands, is bounded by the roo See also:fathom See also:line of See also:sea bottom; some 50 M. beyond this lies the 5oo-fathom limit. Opposite the mouth of the See also:Ganges, however, the intervals between these depths are very much extended by deltaic See also:influence. The bay receives many large See also:rivers, of which the most important are the Ganges and See also:Brahmaputra on the See also:north, the See also:Irrawaddy on the See also:east, and the See also:Mahanadi, See also:Godavari, See also:Kistna and See also:Cauvery on the See also:west. On the west coast it has no harbours, See also:Madras having a See also:mere open roadstead, but on the east there are many See also:good ports, such as See also:Akyab, See also:Moulmein, See also:Rangoon and See also:Tavoy See also:river. The islands in the bay are very numerous, including the Andaman, Nicobar and See also:Mergui See also:groups. The See also:group of islands, See also:Cheduba and others, in the north-east, off the Burmese coast, are remarkable for a See also:chain of mud volcanoes, which are occasionally active. Thus in See also:December 1906 a new island of mud was thrown up, and measured 307 by 217 yds.

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