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BENGAL, BAY OF

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 733 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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