Bay of Bengal
Ganges empties here
The Bay of Bengal is a large body of water in the northeastern Indian Ocean, bordered by India and Bangladesh to the north, Myanmar and Thailand to the east, and Sri Lanka to the southwest.
It receives major rivers including the Ganges and Brahmaputra, and is known for intense tropical cyclones that periodically devastate coastal regions.
- SundarbansVast Indo-Bangladeshi mangrove delta
- mangrove forestCoastal woodland of salt-tolerant trees
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- sea routeNavigable ocean pathway
- warm watersOcean areas above cool temperature
salt water · delta · river mouth · coastline · Tamil Nadu · Chittagong · coastal villages · fishing boats · Bangladesh · spice trade · estuary · Brahmaputra River · tidal bore · tidal surge · monsoon · Chennai · tropical cyclones · tropical storm
- Bays and GulfsBay of Fundy, Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, San Francisco Bay, Monterey Bay
- South AsiaIndia, Indian states, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hindustan
- South Asian GeographyHimalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, K2, Mount Everest
- BangladeshBangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong, Bangla, Sundarbans
- BengalKolkata, Calcutta, Dhaka, Durga, jute
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
bay vs. enclosed/contained water bodies
Bay of BengalCaspian Sea
Earth's biggest lake
Dead Sea · Lake Baikal · Black Sea · Great Lakes · Ganges River