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Hace 4 días · Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of the world ocean area. It is the smallest, youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian).
- Study and Exploration
Indian Ocean - Exploration, Trade, Navigation: There is...
- Trade-winds Zone
Indian Ocean - Trade Winds, Climate, Monsoons: The second...
- Seamounts
Indian Ocean - Seamounts, Marine Life, Geology: Seamounts...
- Upwelling
Indian Ocean - Upwelling, Climate, Marine Life: Upwelling is...
- Carlsberg Ridge
Carlsberg Ridge, submarine ridge of the Arabian Sea and the...
- Great Australian Bight
Great Australian Bight, wide embayment of the Indian Ocean,...
- Sunda Strait
Sunda Strait, channel, 16–70 miles (26–110 km) wide, between...
- Ninetyeast Ridge
In Indian Ocean: Oceanic ridges and fracture zones …is the...
- Study and Exploration
Hace 2 días · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. Distinct names are used to identify five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
- 3.688 km (2 mi)
- 1,370,000,000 km³ (328,680,479 cu mi) (97.5% of Earth's water)
- 361,000,000 km² (139,382,879 sq mi) (71% of Earth's surface area)
- List of countries by length of coastline
7 de may. de 2024 · The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). Four critically important access waterways are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen), Strait of Hormuz (Iran-Oman), and Strait of Malacca (Indonesia ...
Hace 2 días · The Maldivian Archipelago is located on the Chagos–Laccadive Ridge, a vast submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean; this also forms a terrestrial ecoregion with the Chagos Archipelago and Lakshadweep.
Hace 3 días · Réunion, officially Department of Réunion, is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 km (422 mi) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.
4 de may. de 2024 · The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 lasted for seven hours and reached out across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand, and as far away as East Africa.
1 de may. de 2024 · Arabian Sea, northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, covering a total area of about 1,491,000 square miles (3,862,000 square km) and forming part of the principal sea route between Europe and India.
