Question

Write a paragraph on Indian Ocean​

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Explanation:

With an estimated area of about 73,442,700 sq km the Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world after the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Although the Indian Ocean is much smaller in size than the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, yet it is of immense importance for us because it is located in the south of India.

This is the only ocean in the world to be named after the name of a country, i.e., Indian Ocean after India. In a way, it is just half an ocean because it does not open out northwards in the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded by South Asia in the north, Indonesian islands and Australia in the east and by Africa in the west.

The meridian of Cape of Tasmania (147°E) forms the boundary line between the Indian and the Pacific Oceans while the meridian of Cape Town (18° 22’E) forms the dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.