GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Pakistan
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Sri Lanka
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Nepal
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Bangladesh
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Palk Strait isolates India from Sri Lanka. It is surrounded on the south by Pamban Island (India), Adam’s (Rama’s) Bridge (a chain of shoals), the Gulf of Mannar, and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka). The southwestern division of the strait is also called Palk Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gulf of Mannar, inlet of the Indian Ocean, between southeastern India and western Sri Lanka. It is bounded to the northeast by Rameswaram (island), Adam’s (Rama’s) Bridge (a chain of shoals), and Mannar Island. The gulf is 80–170 miles (130–275 km) wide and 100 miles (160 km) long.
Detailed explanation-3: -The chain of reefs and low islands known as Adam’s Bridge (also called Rama Sethu in India) separates the Gulf of Mannar from Palk Bay. The Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Nadu of India consists of a strait in between them, known as the Palk Strait.