Indian seas and ocean
1. INDIA INDIA is surrounded by 3 oceans namely
the Arabian Sea (west), Indian Ocean (south), Bay of Bengal (east).
2. THE INDIAN OCEAN The Indian Ocean is the
third largest of the worlds oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of
the water on theEarths surface
3. THE ARABIAN SEA The Arabian Sea is a region
of the Indian Ocean bounded on on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the south
by northeastern Somalia, on the east by India and on the west by the Arabian
Peninsula. Some of the ancient names of this body of water include Sindhu
Sagar(meaning "Sea of Sindh" in Sanskrit) and Erythraean Sea.
4. THE BAY OF BENGAL The Bay of Bengal, the
largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
Roughly triangular in shape, it is bordered mostly by India and Sri Lanka to
the west, Bangladesh to the north, and Burma (Myanmar) and the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands to the east.
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