The Gulf of Khambhat, historically known as the Gulf of Cambay, is a bay on the Arabian Sea coast of India, bordering the state of Gujarat just north of Mumbai and Diu Island.[1] The Gulf of Khambhat is about 200km (120mi) long, about 20km (12mi) wide in the north and up to 70km (43mi) wide in the south. Major rivers draining Gujarat are the Narmada, Tapti, Mahi and the Sabarmati, that form estuaries in the gulf.[2]
Shallow gulf near Gujarat, India
Gulf of Khambhat on the right. Image NASA Earth ObservatoryGulf of Cambay (North part) 1896Gulf of Cambay (South part) 1896
It divides the Kathiawar Peninsula from the south-eastern part of Gujarat.[3][4][5]
There are plans to construct a 30-kilometre (19mi) dam, Kalpasar Project, across the gulf.[6]
Wildlife
To the west of the Gulf, Asiatic lions inhabit the Gir Forest National Park and its surroundings, the region of Kathiawar or Saurashtra.[3][7] To the east of the Gulf, the Dangs' Forest and Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, where Gujarat meets Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, used to host Bengal tigers.[8]
See also
City of Khambhat
Coral reefs in India
Dumas Beach
Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch
References
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cambay, Gulf of". Encyclopædia Britannica (11thed.). Cambridge University Press.
Saha, S., Banerjee, S., Burley, S.D., Ghosh, A. and Saraswati, P.K. (2010). The influence of flood basaltic source terrains on the efficiency of tectonic setting discrimination diagrams: an example from the Gulf of Khambhat, western India. Sedimentary Geology 228 (1): 1–13.
Jhala, Y. V., Qureshi, Q., Sinha, P. R. (Eds.) (2011). Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India, 2010. National Tiger Conservation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. TR 2011/003.
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