Indian Ocean

   

  Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean or the Indian Ocean Indonesia is the third largest body of water in the world, covering about 20% of Earth's water surface. In the north bounded by the south Asia; to the west by the Arabian Peninsula and Africa; on the east by the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, and Australia; in the south by Antarctica. Ocean are separated by the Atlantic Ocean by the 20 ° east meridian, and the Pacific Ocean by the 147 ° east meridian. Indian Ocean or the Indian Ocean is the only one who uses the name of the ocean that is India.

Indian Ocean - the third largest ocean, c.28, 350 000 square miles (73.427 million sq km), extending from S Asia Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia, it is C.4, 000 miles (6400 km) wide at the equator . This is about 20% of the total sea area of ​​the world. Connected with the Indian Ocean by the Pacific Ocean through the Malay Archipelago and between Australia and Antarctica, and the Atlantic Ocean by the expanse between Africa and Antarctica and the Suez Canal. The main arm of the Arabian Sea (the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Persian Gulf), Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Continental shelf of the narrow Indian Ocean. Madagascar and Sri Lanka, the largest island in the ocean, are structurally part of the continent as Socotra, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Seychelles and the Kerguelen Islands are exposed to the top of submerged mountains. The Laccadives, Maldives, and Chagos coral islands low, and Mauritius and Réunion are high volcanic cone. Floor of the Indian Ocean has an average depth of C.11 ft, 000 (3400 m). Mid-Oceanic Ridge, a vast underwater mountains stretching from Asia to Antarctica, Indian Ocean divided into three main sections-African, Antardis, and Australasia. The ridge rises to an average height C.10 ft, 000 (3000 m), and a few peaks emerge as islands. A major rift, an extension of the east branch of the Great Rift Valley that runs through the Gulf of Aden, extends along most of its length (see seafloor spreading). Mid-Oceanic Ridge, along with other underwater mountains, wrapped in a series of deep-sea basins (abyssal plains). The greatest depth (25 344 ft / 7725 m) located in the Java Trench, S of Java, Indonesia. Indian Ocean receives the waters of the Zambezi, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra, and Irrawaddy rivers. Sea is generally warm, although close to the Antarctic ice pack and icebergs are found. Indian Ocean has two water circulation systems are regular counterclockwise southern (South Equatorial Current, Mozambique Current, West Wind Drift, Western Australia at this time) and the northern system, Monsoon Drift, which flows directly related to the seasonal shift of monsoon winds.Southwest monsoon attracts moisture from the Indian Ocean and drops heavy rainfall on the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Area• Total: 68 556 million km ²• ocean: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Strait of Malacca, and so forth.Beach length: 66 526 kmPoint elevation:• the deepest point: Java Trench -7258 m• terdangkal point: sea level 0 mHarbors: Calcutta (India), Chennai (Madras: India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Karachi (Pakistan), Fremantle (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay: India), Richards Bay (South Africa)