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Q96 (CDS-II/2007) Geography › Maps & Locations › Indian physical geography Answer Verified

Which waterway separates India from Sri Lanka?

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India and Sri Lanka are separated by a narrow maritime boundary consisting of the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar [3]. The Palk Strait is a shallow waterway, approximately 30 to 80 km wide, connecting the Bay of Bengal in the northeast to Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest [c3][t1][t9]. It lies between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar and Jaffna districts of Sri Lanka [t1][t6]. Geographically, the strait is bounded to the south by Adam's Bridge (Ram Setu), a chain of limestone shoals and sandbars stretching between Dhanushkodi on India's Pamban Island and Talaimannar on Sri Lanka's Mannar Island [c1][t8]. In contrast, the Eight Degree Channel separates the Lakshadweep (Minicoy) from the Maldives, and the Ten Degree Channel separates the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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  1. [3] https://www.britannica.com/place/Palk-Strait
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