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Bengal, Bay of

a bay in the Indian Ocean, between the Indian peninsula on the west and the Indochina peninsula and the Andaman and Nicobar islands on the east. It has an area of 2,172,000 sq km, an average depth of 2,586 m; and an average volume of 5,616,000 cu km. Its greatest depth is 5,258 m. The average water temperature in February is 25°–27° C and in August, 28° C (in May, 29° C). The salinity ranges from 30 parts per thousand (°/oo) and less near the mouth of the Ganges River to 34% in the south. Tides are semidiurnal and reach as high as 10.7 m. The main ports are Calcutta in the Ganges delta and Madras (India) and Chittagong (Chatagam, Bangladesh).

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Gale wind speed reaching 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph is prevailing over south-east Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas.

Cyclone Fani headed to south India, likely to intensify into severe storm

Development may occur as early as Friday or Saturday in the southern Bay of Bengal to the southeast or east of Sri Lanka.

Tropical cyclone poses threat to parts of Sri Lanka

But this year adequate wind carrying clouds has arrived in Nepal from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea leading to active pre-monsoon, she added.

Pre monsoon begins with unexpected regular rains

Once they sink beneath the lighter Bay of Bengal surface layer, they can be changed in the subsurface only by forces that would vigorously mix them.

"Spicy" & "Minty" Water

Kolkata: In a rare occurrence, a 185-kg Black Marlin, usually found in the Pacific Ocean, was caught near the shores of the Bay of Bengal.

185-kg Black Marlin caught in the Bay of Bengal

New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd and India`s Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd started discussions with buyers to sell natural gas from their fields in the Bay of Bengal that are expected to start production over the next three years.

ONGC, Reliance to sell east coast gas

THE Chef Show in the Neuadd Dyfi, Aberdyfi with guest performance of Saeed from the Bay of Bengal restaurant gives backstage tales of what it's like to work on a busy Saturday night in the local curry house.

A taste of life in curry house

Belonging Across the Bay of Bengal: Religious Rites, Colonial Migrations, National Rights

In India, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is setting up two solar storage plants with a total capacity of 25 megawatts at Port Blair, the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, India.

Sun Energy