Gulf of Khambhat

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The Gulf of Khambhat is a large, funnel-shaped inlet of the Arabian Sea along India’s western coast in Gujarat, known for its extreme tidal ranges and the mouths of several major rivers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gulf of Khambhat canonical 26
Arabian Sea at Bharuch 1
Cambay 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal water body
gulf
inlet of the sea
adjacentCity Bharuch
Bhavnagar
adjacentDistrict Ahmedabad district
linked to: Ahmedabad

Anand district
Bharuch district
Bhavnagar district
Kheda district
Surat district
adjacentTown Khambhat
linked to: Bharuch
alsoKnownAs Gulf of Cambay
linked to: Gulf of Khambhat

Khambhat Khadi
linked to: Kathiawar
coast western coast of India
country India
economicActivity fishing
port activities
salt production
ecosystemType estuarine environment
intertidal mudflats
knownFor extreme tidal ranges
high sediment transport
strong tidal currents
locatedIn Gujarat
western India
linked to: Western India
locatedOn Indian west coast
locatedOnCoastOf Arabian Sea
maximumTidalRangeCategory macrotidal
northernBoundary Cambay region of Gujarat
ocean Indian Ocean
partOf Arabian Sea
proposedProjectSite Kalpasar project
riverMouth Bhogavo River
linked to: Hathmati River

Mahi River
Narmada River
linked to: Narmada

Sabarmati River
Shetrunji River
Tapi River
salinity highly variable
sedimentSource Mahi River sediments
Narmada River sediments
Sabarmati River sediments
Tapi River sediments
separates Kathiawar Peninsula from mainland Gujarat
linked to: Kathiawar Peninsula
shape funnel-shaped
southernBoundary Surat region of Gujarat
linked to: South Gujarat
stateCoast Gujarat coast
tidalRangeCharacteristic among highest tidal ranges on Indian coast

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Referenced by (29)

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Narmada mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Indian Ocean trade network majorPort Cambay
linked to: Gulf of Khambhat
Sabarmati River mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Sabarmati River flowsInto Gulf of Khambhat
Kathiawar Peninsula hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Khambhat
Rann of Kutch adjacentTo Gulf of Khambhat
Rewa mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Gulf of Khambhat alsoKnownAs Gulf of Cambay
linked to: Gulf of Khambhat
Reva hasMouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Saurashtra region of Gujarat near Gulf of Khambhat
Bhavnagar district borders Gulf of Khambhat
Bhavnagar district locatedOnCoastOf Gulf of Khambhat
Bhavnagar district hasCoastline Gulf of Khambhat
Bhavnagar locatedNear Gulf of Khambhat
Dholera locatedNear Gulf of Khambhat
Tapti River mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Kathiawar borderedBy Gulf of Khambhat
Kathiawar hasCoastlineOn Gulf of Khambhat
Lothal locatedNear Gulf of Khambhat
Tapi River mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Bhadar River hasMouthNear Gulf of Khambhat
Bharuch district borderedByWaterBody Gulf of Khambhat
Kalpasar project locatedIn Gulf of Khambhat
Nerbudda mouthLocation Gulf of Khambhat
Nerbudda oceanOutflow Arabian Sea at Bharuch
linked to: Gulf of Khambhat
Nerbudda hasEstuary Gulf of Khambhat
Mahi river basin (regional) hasMouthNear Gulf of Khambhat
Alang locatedOn Gulf of Khambhat