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Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest body of water in the world, covering approximately 20% of the Earth’s water surface. It has a total area of 73,556,000 square kilometers (28,350,000 square miles).
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Is pacific ocean bigger than Indian ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean on the planet, covering 169.2 million km2, compared to 73.5 million km2 of the Indian Ocean
What two rivers flow into the Indian Ocean?
The two rivers are the Murray and the Darling Rivers which, together with their many tributaries, drain the southeastern quadrant of the continent. The Darling River flows into the Murray, which in turn has its mouth at Encounter Bay in South Australia.
It is disputed, however, whether the Murray empties into the Southern Ocean or the Indian Ocean. Geographers cannot agree on the northern boundary of the Southern Ocean but, as far as Australia is concerned, the river system drains into the Southern Ocean, not the Indian Ocean.
Is the Mariana Trench a convergent boundary?
yes it was, the pacific plate is descending under the Eurasian plate
Is the Antarctica ocean the southern ocean?
No. Antarctica is a continent, one of the seven on earth, the fifth largest.
It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.
Which has the larger coastline on the Atlantic ocean benin or mariltania?
Mauritania, in northwest Africa, has a long coast that faces the Cape Verde Islands.
Benin, on the curved underside of the continent, has only a narrow coast sandwiched between those of Togo and Nigeria. (Nigeria's southern coast is about the same length as Mauritania's west coast.)
How many kilometers did the Indian Ocean tsunami go?
The wave reached a height of 24 m (79 ft), rising to 30 m (98 ft) in some areas when travelling inland.
What country is a peninsula in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea?
please answer this question What country is a peninsula in the Indian Ocean and the ARabian Sea
What are the benefits of seas and ocean?
without the ocean, life on earth would not be sustainable. therefor, there are many benefits from the ocean such as a vast ecosystem of fish that we eat, water that if is clean is drinkable, oil, swimming etc...
What happens to the ocean crust as is spreads from the mid-ocean ridge?
As the volcanic material moves away from the Mid Ocean Ridge, it cools (which makes it denser); it forms the large 'Giants Causeway" type of polygon rock forms; once it has passed through the Curie point, it preserves a record of the magnetic field as is was when the rock cools.
Does the Indian ocean belong to India?
No.
While the ocean is uniquely named after the country, the Ocean itself does not belong to India. Away from the territorial costal region all oceans are the "high seas" and are not the territory of any one country.
What was the Indian Ocean trade network?
Many diverse people traded in the IOMS. Some include the Portuguese, Chinese, Indians, Africans, etc. Most of those trading were of the Islam faith.
Which African rivers flow eastwards?
i know it is the Nile River cause we were studying it in Social Studies not too long ago. The Nile River
How many miles is the deepest ocean?
people think that its 10,923 miles meters deep. In English that would be about 35,798 ft or 6.7 mi.
Which rivers flow into the Indian ocean?
Because of its location, any river flowing out of the east coasts of South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen, or Oman; any river flowing out of Madagascar; any river flowing out of the south coasts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma; any river flowing out of the west coast of Indonesia ends up in the Indian Ocean. Also the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden go to the Indian Ocean.
What was the damage costs of the Indian Ocean tsunami?
So much damage was done, that some people are still recovering:/
