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What major water bodies form the coastline of Africa?
The Indian ocean to the east, southern ocean to the south, and the Atlantic ocean to the west of Africa.
What ocean borders Africa to the east?
The Indian ocean lies to the east of Africa,
What is the warmest ocean?
The Indian ocean is the warmest ocean
This is the third largest ocean.?
Indian Ocean. It has an area of 26,469,900 square miles and is near the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia and Africa. The largest ocean is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, the Indian, the Southern and then the Arctic Ocean.
What ocean is connected to the Indian Ocean?
the ocean which borders India to the south is called as the Indian ocean
Do typhoons occur in the Indian Ocean?
They do. But they are not called typhoons there. They are called intense tropical cyclones.
Do typhoons form at cold continents?
No. Typhoons are tropical cyclones, and as such can only form over warm ocean water.
What is a cyclone in the Indian Ocean known as in the Pacific ocean?
Cyclones in both the Indian ocean and the Pacific Ocean are called cyclones.They are known as hurricanes in the Caribbean and the Americas, and typhoons in Asia.
Where is the busiest place for typhoons?
The tropics of the Pacific Ocean is the busiest place for typhoons to form and they normally do most damage in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Do typhoons form in the Northern hemisphere?
Typhoons can form anywhere in the world, however, they are only called that if they occur in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. A storm of the same type in the southern hemisphere is called a cyclone.
Other names for hurricanes are typhoons and?
cyclones. These terms refer to the same weather phenomenon but are used in different regions of the world. Hurricanes are called typhoons in the western North Pacific Ocean and cyclones in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
What are hurricanes called in the Indian ocean what are hurricanes called in western northern pacific and Philippines?
They are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean and typhoons in the western Pacific and Philippines region.
What are hurricanes called that form in the Indian Ocean?
Hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean are referred to as "tropical cyclones." Similar to hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Northwest Pacific, tropical cyclones can vary in intensity and are classified based on their wind speeds. They typically develop over warm ocean waters and can cause significant damage when they make landfall.
Are they tornadoes or hurricanes in Madagascar?
There have been tornadoes in Madagascar that have caused serious damage. A tropical storm that originates over the Indian Ocean and winds get to 74 miles per hour are called cyclones. Hurricanes form over the Atlantic Ocean. Typhoons form over the Pacific Ocean.
What is a cyclone called in Asia?
In the Far East, a hurricane is called a typhoon. Hurricanes and typhoons are types of tropical cyclones. In other regions of the world, such as the Caribbean area or parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, these storms are called hurricanes.
Where do most of the typhoons that hit the Philippines come from?
Most typhoons that hit the Philippines originate from the Pacific Ocean, particularly the region known as the ''Pacific Typhoon Belt.'' Typhoons are formed when warm ocean waters fuel the development of low-pressure systems, which then intensify into powerful storms as they move westward towards the Philippines.
What are the storm over the Indian ocean called?
The storms over the Indian Ocean are generally referred to as tropical cyclones. These storms can also be known as typhoons or hurricanes, depending on where they occur in the world.
