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4 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).
Mar 28, 2021 · World map showing the location of the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean covers about 70.56 million square miles or 19.8% of the Earth’s total water surface. It has a maximum length of 10,000 kilometers, between Antarctica and the Bay of Bengal , and is 7,600 kilometers wide between Australia and Africa’s southern tip.
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May 15, 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-Malaysia).
On the south, India projects into and is bounded by the Indian Ocean —in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the west, the Lakshadweep Sea to the southwest, the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Indian Ocean proper to the south.
Jul 6, 2023 · The southwestern and southern parts of India are surrounded by the Indian Ocean, with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. India is divisible into four particular regions: the Himalayan Region, the Northern Plains, the Peninsular Plateau, the Coastal Plains, and the Islands.
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km 2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approx. 20% of the water on Earth's surface. [4] It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east.
Dec 14, 2021 · The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean).
