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Which body of water lies along Bangladesh’s southern coast?
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The body of water that lies along the southern coast of Bangladesh is the Bay of Bengal. This large, relatively shallow embayment of the northeastern Indian Ocean serves as the southern boundary for the country, where the landscape is characterized by deltaic plains, mangrove forests such as the Sundarbans, and various estuarine channels.1234