Great rivers
(the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus) transport large
volumes of sediments from great mountains (the Himalayas,
the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram) into the ocean. The
Bengal Fan extends 2,500 kilometers south into the
Bay of Bengal and is 22 kilometers thick. The Indus
Fan is 10 kilometers thick and extends 1,000 to 1,500
kilometers into the Arabian Sea.[back]
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