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Indian Ocean
ocean located south of India and east of Africa (extending between Asia, Africa, and Australia)

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Indian Ocean Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Indian Ocean
Noun
1. the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the East and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
(hypernym) ocean
(part-meronym) Ceylon

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indian ocean
indian ocean
n : the 3rd largest ocean [syn: indian ocean]




Indian Ocean Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

CIA World Factbook 2005
Indian Ocean

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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). 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). The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Indian Ocean south of 60 degrees south.

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Map of Indian Ocean

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    • Indian Ocean Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

    Area Code International
    Indian Ocean
    Inmarsat: -873


    Indian Ocean Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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    Indian Ocean
    This article is about the water body. For the Indian fusion music band, see Indian Ocean (band).
    The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the Earth's water surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia (including the Indian subcontinent, after which it is named); on the west by Africa; on the east by the Malay Peninsula, the Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or, traditionally, by Antarctica). One component of the all-encompassing World Ocean, the Indian Ocean is delineated from the Atlantic Ocean by the 20° east meridian running south from Cape Agulhas, and from the Pacific by the 147° east meridian. The northernmost extent of the Indian Ocean is approximately 30° north latitude in the Persian Gulf and, thus, has asymmetric ocean circulation. This ocean is nearly 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) wide at the southern tips of Africa and Australia; its area is  73,556,000 square kilometres (28,400,000 mi²), including the  Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

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