Question

Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?
1. Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godawari
2. Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery
3. Luni, Narmada and Tapti
4. Both A and B

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Both A and B

The correct answer is Both A and B.

• Bay of Bengal:-
  • Bay of Bengal, large but relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean.
  • It occupies 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 Lanka and India to the west, Bangladesh to the north, and Myanmar (Burma), and the northern part of the Malay Peninsula to the east.

 

• The bay is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide, with an average depth of more than 8,500 feet (2,600 meters).
• The maximum depth is 15,400 feet (4,694 meters).
• A number of large rivers—the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri (Cauvery) on the west and the Ganges (Ganga) and the Brahmaputra on the north—flow into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Andaman and Nicobar groups, which are the only islands, separate the bay from the Andaman Sea.