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Question
Write a short note on:
The width of the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
Short Note
Solution
- The continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal is narrow but the continental shelf in the Arabian sea is very wide.
- The river which brings sediments to the continental shelf of the Arabian Sea is short and swift. Therefore, the sediments in the river are deposited on the continental shelf. The rivers which bring sediments to the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal are long, sluggish, and voluminous, therefore sediments are deposited in deltas and not on the continental shelf.
- There are a greater number of estuaries along the coastline of the Arabian sea. There are a greater number of deltas along the coastline of the Bay of Bengal.
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