The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceans, bounded by Africa to the west, Asia to the north, Australia to the east and the Southern Ocean to the south. It is the only ocean named for a single country rather than a continent or a direction, and its seasonal reversal of surface winds and currents drives the South and Southeast Asian monsoon, the single most consequential monsoon system in the world for the food and water security of the billions who live around its rim.
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Area (sq km) Maximum Depth (m)Java Trench (Sunda Trench), the ocean's deepest known point. Length (km)Greatest north-south extent, Antarctica to the Bay of Bengal. Connections
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Source Africa (Wikipedia)
Source Asia (Wikipedia)
This source names both oceans directly: Australia lies between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Source Geography of Australia (Wikipedia)
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Source Horn of Africa (Wikipedia)
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Source Christmas Island red crab, WikipediaDistribution: Indian OceanQuote, Distribution: Indian Ocean
The Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) is a species of land crab that is endemic to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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Source Amphioctopus marginatus (Wikipedia)Distribution: Indian OceanQuote, Distribution: Indian Ocean
Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus and veined octopus, is a medium-sized cephalopod found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
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Source Wikipedia: Fire coralDistribution: Indian Oceantier 2Quote, Distribution: Indian Ocean
Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical and subtropical waters, such as the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: HydrozoaGeographic Range: "Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all l"Quote, Geographic Range: "Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all l"
Hydrozoans are found in all the oceans, at all latitudes.
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Source Psednos microps (Wikipedia)Distribution: Indian OceanQuote, Distribution: Indian Ocean
Psednos microps, the smalleye dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the western Indian Ocean.
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Source Animal Diversity Web: SireniaGeographic Range: "Dugongs are found off of coastal eastern Africa,"Quote, Geographic Range: "Dugongs are found off of coastal eastern Africa,"
Dugongs are found off of coastal eastern Africa, along the shores of the Indian Ocean, and on the northern coast of Australia.
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1. The World Factbook
2. Indian Ocean (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Max. length field
9,600 km (6,000 mi) (Antarctica to Bay of Bengal)
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20S 80E
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Africa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Africa, Geography section, bordering watersQuote, Associated With: Africa, Geography section, bordering waters
The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Arabian plate and the Gulf of Aqaba to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Asia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Asia, Opening section, bordering oceansQuote, Associated With: Asia, Opening section, bordering oceans
It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
Geography of Australia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Australia, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Australia, Lead section
Located in the Southern Hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia's jurisdiction spreads across thousands of kilometres beyond the main landmass
Maldives (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationBorders: Maldives, Lead sentenceQuote, Borders: Maldives, Lead sentence
is an archipelagic country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean
Horn of Africa (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Horn of Africa, Lead sectionQuote, Associated With: The Horn of Africa, Lead section
extending hundreds of kilometers into the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Indian Ocean
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