<Tr> <Th> Average depth </Th> <Td> 2,600 m (8,500 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . depth </Th> <Td> 4,694 m (15,400 ft) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Bay of Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গোপসাগর (bɔŋgopoʃagoɾ), Hindi: बंगाल की खाड़ी (bəŋgɑːl kɪː khɑːɽɪː)) is the largest bay in the world, with waters flowing straight out of the Himalayas through Bengal region . Roughly triangular, it is bordered by India to the West, Northwest and East (A&N Is .), Myanmar to the East, Sri Lanka to the Southwest, Bangladesh to the North and, Indonesia to the Southeast . Countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal straddle both South Asia and Southeast Asia . </P> <P> The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,172,000 square kilometres (839,000 sq mi). A number of large rivers--the Ganges and three major rivers of Bangladesh the Padma, the Jamuna and Meghna, other rivers such as the Irrawaddy River, Godavari, Mahanadi, Brahmani River, Baitarani, Krishna and Kaveri flow into the Bay of Bengal . Among the important ports are Chennai, Kolkata, Paradip Port, Port Blair, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam Port, Chittagong, Colombo, Yangon . Among the smaller ports are the Dhamra Port, Kakinada Port, Gopalpur Port and Mongla . </P>

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