Britannica online encyclopedia article on Bay of Bengal (bay, Indian Ocean), large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean, occupying an area of about 839,000 square miles (2,173,000 square km). It lies roughly between latitudes 5° and 22° N and longitudes 80° and 90° E. It is bordered by Sri...
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Bengal, Bay of, arm of the Indian Ocean, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long and 1,000 mi (1,610 km) wide, bordered on the W by Sri Lanka and India, on the N by Bangladesh, and on the E by Myanmar and Thailand; the Andaman and Nicobar Islands separate it from the Andaman Sea, its eastern arm.
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Get information, facts, and pictures about Bay of Bengal at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about Bay of Bengal easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. Bay of Bengal arm of the Indian Ocean, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long and 1,000 mi (1,610 km) wide,
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Promotes the coastal fisheries programmes of the south Asian countries bordering the Bay of Bengal.
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DURING the 1960s alone about 400,000 people died in the exceptionally high tides which swept in along the low lying northern coast of the Bay of Bengal under the force of tropical cyclones.
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Millions of people living on the northern coast of the Bay of Bengal face the risk of giant, tsunami-triggering earthquakes, warns a report.
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Mouths of the Irrawaddy; Irrawaddy; Irrawaddy; Chindwin; Brahmaputra; Salween; Mekong; Jinsha Jiang; Mekong; Mae Nam Ping; Bay of Bengal; Gulf of Thailand; Martaban; Gulf of; Lancang (Mekong); Yuan (Red); National capital;
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Skip navigational links Bay of Bengal:; 28 Field Activities ; Full Resolution Map ( 2.1 X) ( 0.2 MB ) ; Image Metadata ; Download Background Map ( 0.8 MB )
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All aspects of the world's oldest human population living on isolated islands in the Bay of Bengal. They and their civilization go back to the original human migration out of Africa over 100,000 years ago. The Negrito People and the Out-of-Africa Story of the human race George Weber: The Subject of this Web-site...
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