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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Gujarat Gulfs.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gulf of Khambhat on the right. Image [[NASA Earth Observatory]]]]<br />
[[File:Gulf of Cambay (North part) 1896.jpg|thumb|Gulf of Cambay (North part) 1896]]<br />
[[File:Gulf of Cambay (South part) 1896.jpg|thumb|Gulf of Cambay (South part) 1896]]<br />
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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 the city of [[Mumbai]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Cambay, Gulf of}}</ref> The Gulf of Khambhat is about {{convert|200|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide in the north and up to {{convert|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} wide in the south. Major rivers draining Gujarat are the [[Narmada River|Narmada]], [[Tapti River|Tapti]], [[Mahi River|Mahi]] and [[Sabarmati River|Sabarmati]] that form [[estuaries]] in the gulf.<ref>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.</ref><br />
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It divides the [[Kathiawar Peninsula]] from the south-eastern part of Gujarat.<ref name=CAP>{{Cite book |author1=Nowell, K. |author2=Jackson, P. |title= Wild Cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan |url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf |year=1996 |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location= Gland, Switzerland |isbn=2-8317-0045-0 |pages= 17–21 |chapter= Panthera Leo}}</ref><ref name="TrivediSoni2006">Trivedi, P. and Soni, V. C. (2012). [http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf Significant bird records and local extinctions in Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuaries, Gujarat, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810033443/http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Trivedi-Purna.pdf |date=2017-08-10 }}</ref><ref name="Jhalaetal2011">[[Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala|Jhala]], Y. V., Qureshi, Q., Sinha, P. R. (Eds.) (2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120120232451/http://www.projecttiger.nic.in/whtsnew/Tiger_Status_oct_2010.pdf ''Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India, 2010.''] National Tiger Conservation Authority, Government of India, New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. TR 2011/003.</ref><br />
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There are plans to construct a {{convert|30|km|adj=on}} dam, [[Kalpasar Project]], across the gulf.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalpasar.gujarat.gov.in/mainpage.htm|title=The Gulf of Khambhat Development Project|publisher=Gujarat|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Wildlife==<br />
To the west of the Gulf, [[Asiatic lion]]s inhabit the [[Gir Forest National Park]] and its surroundings, the region of Kathiawar or [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]].<ref name=CAP/><ref name=DeshGujarat>{{cite news |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2015/05/10/asiatic-lion-population-up-from-411-to-523-in-five-years/ |title=Asiatic Lion population up from 411 to 523 in five years |publisher=Desh Gujarat |date=2015-05-10 |access-date=2016-11-26}}</ref> To the east of the Gulf, the [[Dangs' Forest]] and [[Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary]], where Gujarat meets [[Maharashtra]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]], used to host [[Bengal tiger]]s.<ref name=Karanth03>{{cite journal |author=Karanth, K. U. |year=2003 |url=http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=8073 |title=Tiger ecology and conservation in the Indian subcontinent |journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume=100 |issue=2–3 |pages=169–189 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310174120/http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=8073 |archive-date=2012-03-10 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*City of [[Khambhat]]<br />
* [[Coral reefs in India]]<br />
*[[Dumas Beach]]<br />
*[[Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay]]<br />
*[[Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch]]<br />
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