Explanation

• Palk Strait, inlet of the Bay of Bengal among southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka. it's far bounded at the south with the aid of Pamban Island (India), Adam’s (Rama’s) Bridge (a sequence of shoals), the Gulf of Mannar, and Mannar Island (Sri Lanka).
• The southwestern part of the strait is likewise known as Palk Bay.
• The strait is forty to eighty five miles (64 to 137 km) wide, 85 miles long, and less than 330 toes (a hundred metres) deep.
• It gets numerous rivers, along with the Vaigai (India), and it incorporates many islands at the Sri Lankan side.
• The port of Jaffna, the commercial centre for northern Sri Lanka, lies at the strait.