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| + Added | Communications |
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| + Added | Economy |
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| + Added | Environment.Climate.text |
— | northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean |
| + Added | Environment.Environmental issues.text |
— | marine pollution from ocean dumping, improper waste disposal, and oil spills; oil pollution in Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea; threats to coral reefs; loss of biodiversity; endangered marine species |
| + Added | Environment.Marine fisheries.text |
— | the Indian Ocean fisheries are the third most important in the world, accounting for 15.5%, or 12,220,000 mt of the global catch in 2020; tuna, small pelagic fish, and shrimp are important species in these regions; the … |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | almost seven times the size of the US |
| + Added | Geography.Area.note |
— | note: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bo… |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total .text |
— | 70.56 million sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.abyssal plains.text |
— | the following are examples of features on the abyssal plains of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Arabian Basin Crozet Basin Madagascar Basin Mid-Indian Basin Mozambique Basin Wharton Basin |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.atolls.text |
— | the following are examples of atolls in the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Bassas da India Chagos Archipelago/Diego Garcia Europa Island Juan de Nova Island Lakshadweep Islands Maldive Islands Seychelles |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.continental shelf.text |
— | the following are examples of features on the continental shelf of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Exmouth Plateau Indus Canyon The Swatch of No Ground/Ganges Canyon (Bay of Bengal) Sunda Shelf |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.continental slope.text |
— | the following are examples of features on the continental slope of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Bengal Fan Indus Fan |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.mid-ocean ridge.text |
— | the following are examples of mid-ocean ridges on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Central Indian Ridge Davie Ridge Southeast Indian Ridge Southwest Indian Ridge |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.ocean trenches.text |
— | the following are examples of ocean trenches on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Java/Sunda Trench (deepest point in the Indian Ocean) |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.undersea terrain features.text |
— | the following are examples of undersea terrain features on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Andaman-Nicobar Ridge Chagos-Laccadive Ridge Kerguelen Plateau Madagascar Plateau Mascarene Plateau Mozambique Pla… |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 66,526 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | sea level |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Java Trench -7,192 m unnamed deep |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.mean depth.text |
— | -3,741 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.ocean zones.text |
— | the ocean is divided into three zones based on depth and light level; sunlight entering the water may travel about 1,000 m into the oceans under the right conditions, but there is rarely any significant light below 200 … |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 20 00 S, 80 00 E |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia |
| + Added | Geography.Major ocean currents.text |
— | the counterclockwise Indian Ocean Gyre comprised of the southward flowing warm Agulhas and East Madagascar Currents in the west, the eastward flowing South Indian Current in the south, the northward flowing cold West Au… |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules |
| + Added | Geography.Ocean volume.ocean volume.text |
— | 264 million cu km |
| + Added | Geography.Ocean volume.percent of World Ocean total volume.text |
— | 19.8% |
| + Added | Government.Country name.etymology.text |
— | named for the country of India, which makes up much of its northern border |
| + Added | Introduction.Background.text |
— | 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 th… |
| + Added | Military and Security |
— | {} |
| + Added | People and Society |
— | {} |
| + Added | Transnational Issues |
— | {} |
| + Added | Transportation |
— | {} |