Bay of Bengal watershed

E803742

The Bay of Bengal watershed is the vast drainage basin feeding into the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, collecting runoff from major rivers across South and Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climateInfluence Bay of Bengal monsoon system ⓘ
South Asian monsoon ⓘ
collectsRunoffFrom Deccan Plateau ⓘ
Eastern Ghats ⓘ
Himalayas ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Western Ghats ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
drainsInto Bay of Bengal ⓘ
northeastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
ecologicalSignificance high biodiversity ⓘ
economicSignificance supports agriculture in South Asia ⓘ
supports fisheries in Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hydrologicalRole major freshwater source to Bay of Bengal ⓘ
major sediment source to Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedIn Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorRiver Ayeyarwady River ⓘ
linked to: Irrawaddy River

Brahmaputra River ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra

Cauvery River ⓘ
linked to: Kaveri

Ganges River ⓘ
linked to: Ganges

Godavari River ⓘ
linked to: Godavari

Irrawaddy River ⓘ
Krishna River ⓘ
Mahanadi River ⓘ
Meghna River ⓘ
linked to: Meghna
oceanBasin Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Bay of Bengal hydrological system ⓘ
risk cyclone storm surges ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
riverbank erosion ⓘ
subjectTo climate change impacts ⓘ
supports Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta ⓘ
Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: Sundarbans

large river delta systems ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yangon River → locatedOn → Bay of Bengal watershed ⓘ
Lakshmipur District → hasCoastlineOn → Bay of Bengal (indirectly via Meghna estuary) ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Feni River → locatedIn → Bay of Bengal basin ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Matla River → drainageBasin → Bay of Bengal basin ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Indian Ocean drainage basin → hasPart → Bay of Bengal coastal drainage ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Kapotaksha River → drainsInto → Bay of Bengal (indirectly through deltaic channels) ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Krishna River delta → drainageBasin → Bay of Bengal basin ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Pennar → drainageBasin → Bay of Bengal drainage basin ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed
Maharashtra river system → majorDrainageBasins → Bay of Bengal basin ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Bengal watershed