Gulf of Kachchh
| Gulf of Kachchh Gulf of Kutch |
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 The Gulf of Kachchh on the left. NASA Earth Observatory image |
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| Waters | Arabian Sea | |
| Land mass | Indian subcontinent | |
| Geographical location | 22 ° 36 ' N , 69 ° 37' E | |
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| width | Max. 65 km | |
| depth | approx. 180 km | |
The Gulf of Kachchh (English: Gulf of Kutch ) is a bay of the Arabian Sea and is located on the west coast of India in the Indian state of Gujarat .
geography
The bay stretches around 180 kilometers to the east, narrowing more and more from the mouth into the Arabian Sea of around 65 kilometers wide to its end. The Gulf of Kutch separates the northerly peninsula Kutch with the flooded during the rainy season Rann of Kutch on the southern peninsula of Kathiawar . The latter are offshore from 42 islands, 33 of which are surrounded by a coral reef .
fauna
Along the diverse structured and equipped with offshore coral islands south coast of the Gulf of the 163 sq km was in the 1980 National Marine Park , the first India - - (Marine National Park, MNS) and a 458 km² marine reserve established. The aquatic ecosystem , which is characterized by mangrove swamps, coral banks, sandy beaches, seagrass and mud flats, is home to u. a. The following animal species: 108 types of algae , 70 types of sponges , 37 corals - ( hard and soft corals ), more than 200 bird species, 27 shrimp species , 30 crab species , 200 species of molluscs , jellyfish , starfish , sea anemones , cuttlefish , sea turtles (such as green turtles , Olive ridged turtle and leatherback turtle ), porpoises , multiple species of dolphins (such as common dolphin , Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin and lead-colored dolphin ), sea pigs , stingrays and sea snakes .
economy
Economically, the Gulf is used as a natural seaport , through which a total of 41 percent of Indian imports and exports are shipped. Due to the favorable geographical location, the largest ports in India are located here. On the north bank are Jakhau, Mundra , with the largest private port in India and the world's largest coal terminal , Kandla with an oil port and Tuna port locations. On the southern coast of Gujarat, the ports Okha, Poshitra, Salaya, Vadinar, Sikka and Navlakh line up from the west. A management system called a vessel traffic service (VTS) was introduced in 2012 to monitor the heavy shipping traffic in the entire Gulf of Kachchh (the Kandla port alone is visited by 2,500 ships annually) and to avoid accidents with oil tankers .
The world's largest oil refinery operates in Jamnagar , employing 100,000 workers. There are sea salt production sites on both coasts , which supply 39 percent of Indian salt production.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jamnagar, India's 1st Marine National Park. The Times of India, October 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Gulf of Kutch favorite dolphin playground. The Times of India , October 6, 2009, accessed December 13, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Kalpesh Damor and Premal Balan: Gulf of Kutch now the Gateway of India Inc. The Times of India, June 28, 2015, accessed on December 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Oil spill taints Gulf of Kutch. The Times of India, March 20, 2004, accessed December 13, 2015 .
- ↑ VTS system to make navigation easier in Gulf of Kutch. The Times of India, February 13, 2012, accessed December 13, 2015 .