Coordinates: 21°30′N 72°30′E

Gulf of Khambhat
The Gulf of Khambhat, historically known as the Gulf
of Cambay, is a bay on the Arabian Sea coast of India,
bordering the state of Gujarat just north of Mumbai and
Diu Island.[1] The Gulf of Khambhat is about 200  km
(120  mi) long, about 20  km (12  mi) wide in the north
and up to 70 km (43 mi) wide in the south. Major rivers
draining Gujarat are the Narmada, Tapti, Mahi and the
Sabarmati, that form estuaries in the gulf.[2]

It divides the Kathiawar Peninsula from the south-

eastern part of Gujarat.[3][4][5]
Gulf of Khambhat on the right. Image NASA
There are plans to construct a 30-kilometre (19 mi) dam, Earth Observatory
Kalpasar Project, across the gulf.[6]

Wildlife
To the west of the Gulf, Asiatic lions inhabit the Gir Forest
National Park and its surroundings, the region of Kathiawar or
Saurashtra.[3][7] To the east of the Gulf, the Dangs' Forest and
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, where Gujarat meets
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, used to host Bengal tigers.[8] Gulf of Cambay (North part) 1896

See also
City of Khambhat
Coral reefs in India
Dumas Beach
Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch
Gulf of Cambay (South part) 1896
References
1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cambay, Gulf of"  (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclo
p%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Cambay,_Gulf_of). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.).
Cambridge University Press.
2. Saha, S., Banerjee, S., Burley, S.D., Ghosh, A. and Saraswati, P.K. (2010). The influence of
flood basaltic source terrains on the efficiency of tectonic setting discrimination diagrams: an
example from the Gulf of Khambhat, western India. Sedimentary Geology 228 (1): 1–13.
3. Nowell, K.; Jackson, P. (1996). "Panthera Leo". Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation
Action Plan (http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf) (PDF). Gland, Switzerland:
IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. pp. 17–21. ISBN 2-8317-0045-0.
4. Trivedi, P. and Soni, V. C. (2012). Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and
Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India (http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploa
 ds/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20170810033443/http://
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5. Jhala, Y. V., Qureshi, Q., Sinha, P. R. (Eds.) (2011). Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in
India, 2010. (https://web.archive.org/web/20120120232451/http://www.projecttiger.nic.in/wht
snew/Tiger_Status_oct_2010.pdf) National Tiger Conservation Authority, Government of
India, New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. TR 2011/003.
6. "The Gulf of Khambhat Development Project" (http://www.kalpasar.gujarat.gov.in/mainpage.
htm). Gujarat. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
7. "Asiatic Lion population up from 411 to 523 in five years" (http://deshgujarat.com/2015/05/1
0/asiatic-lion-population-up-from-411-to-523-in-five-years/). Desh Gujarat. 2015-05-10.
Retrieved 2016-11-26.
8. Karanth, K. U. (2003). "Tiger ecology and conservation in the Indian subcontinent" (https://w
eb.archive.org/web/20120310174120/http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=8073). Journal of the
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