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- Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian).
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3 days ago · Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian). It stretches for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 km) between the southern tips of Africa and Australia ...
- Trade and Transportation
Indian Ocean - Trade, Transportation, Routes: The economic...
- Upwelling
Indian Ocean - Upwelling, Climate, Marine Life: Upwelling is...
- Economic Aspects
Indian Ocean - Trade, Fisheries, Shipping: By far the most...
- Bottom Deposits
Indian Ocean - Sediments, Abyssal Plains, Marine Life: The...
- Sunda Strait
Sunda Strait, channel, 16–70 miles (26–110 km) wide, between...
- Aden
Gulf of Aden, deepwater basin that forms a natural sea link...
- Timor Sea
Timor Sea, arm of the Indian Ocean, lying southeast of the...
- Trade and Transportation
1 day ago · Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the 60° S parallel in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North America and South America on the east. Of the three major oceans, the Pacific is by far the largest, occupying about one-third of the surface of the globe.
2 days ago · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
2 days ago · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
5 days ago · La Comisión del Atún del Océano Índico adopta medidas importantes pero continúa sin abordar la sobrepesca del atún rabil Publicado el 20 mayo 2024 Concluye la reunión anual del IOTC, celebrada entre el 13 y 17 de mayo, en Bangkok (Tailandia), con avances esperanzadores tras años de inacción.
1 day ago · Una capa a 3.000 kilómetros de profundidad, encima del límite entre el núcleo externo fundido y el manto sólido de la Tierra, puede tener su origen en los primeros días de nuestro planeta. A ...
3 days ago · Archipiélago ubicado en el océano Índico, entre la costa oriental de África y Madagascar. Con 45.000 visitantes anuales, estas islas en el océano Índico ofrecen una experiencia única para ...