Chandipur an ideal beach having bio­diversified

environment thereby attracting Geologists globally.

26 January 2019 09:53

Chandipur is a sea resort in Balasore district of Odisha. The beach

is about 16 km from Balasore and has been listed by Lonely Planet
(world’s renowned travel expert) as one of world’s most unusual
beaches. The Chandipur coast has attained global popularity for
its ‘Vanishing Sea’ phenomenon. Here one can literally see the sea
disappear (read recede) by almost 5 to 6 kilometres everyday
during low tide and then comes back at high tide. This rare event
occurs twice a day. This is also a big reason why this beach holds a
bio­diversified environment where you can find different marine
creatures like horseshoe crab and others. Chandipur attracts
several colleges and universities from Odisha and from other parts
of the country and even geologists throughout the world to
pursue their higher studies and research works because of its bio­
diversified environment. From the viewpoint of a geologist, the
beach is an example of present phenomenon from which we can
relate the past. Being an ideal location for geological field trips,
students can easily cover topics related to soft sedimentary
structures, sedimentary facies, stratigraphy and can easily
correlate diversified recent marine life and environment with
past.
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