At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at
- A.Bhavnagar
- B.Bheemunipatnam
- C.Chandipur
- D.Nagapattinam
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Chandipur. At Chandipur beach in Balasore district of Odisha the sea pulls back several kilometres at low tide and returns at high tide, so visitors can walk on the exposed sea bed.
Chandipur lies on the Bay of Bengal near the mouth of the Budhabalanga river. Its beach slopes very gently, so the semi-diurnal tide, two highs and two lows a day, uncovers a wide strip of flat sea floor, in places up to about five kilometres, before the water rushes back. This is why it is called the "hide and seek" beach. Chandipur is also known for the Integrated Test Range of the DRDO, from where many Indian missiles are test-fired.
A is wrong: Bhavnagar is a port city on the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat.
B is wrong: Bheemunipatnam is an old Dutch-era beach town near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
D is wrong: Nagapattinam is a port town in Tamil Nadu, badly hit by the 2004 tsunami.
Exam tip: Chandipur (Balasore, Odisha) = the receding-sea beach and the missile test range.
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