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Maps that included the Indian Ocean had been produced by Muslim geographers centuries before the Ottoman conquests; Muslim scholars, such as Ibn Battuta in the 14th century, had visited most parts of the known world; contemporarily with Vasco da Gama, Arab navigator Ahmad ibn Mājid had compiled a guide to navigation in the Indian Ocean; the ...
Geography of the Indian Ocean. Locator map of the Indian Ocean. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. ...
Maps exhibiting the world's oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling Earth, the World/Global Ocean is divided into a number of principal areas. Five oceanic divisions are usually recognized: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern/Antarctic; the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first three.
A map of the Indian Sunderbans in West Bengal Pichavaram Mangroves, Tamil Nadu India's wetland ecosystem is widely distributed from the cold and arid located in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, and those with the wet and humid climate of peninsular India.
An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) and 6,000 meters (20,000 ft).Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains are among the flattest, smoothest and least explored regions on Earth. [1]
Topography of Sri Lanka. Extensive faulting and erosion over time have produced a wide range of topographic features. [6] Three zones are distinguishable by elevation: the Central Highlands, the plains, and the coastal belt. [6] The south-central part of Sri Lanka—the rugged Central Highlands—is the heart of the country. [6]
The precise definition of an "Indian subcontinent" in a geopolitical context is somewhat contested as there is no globally accepted definition on which countries are a part of South Asia or the Indian subcontinent. [60] [61] [62] [6] Whether called the Indian subcontinent or South Asia, the definition of the geographical extent of this region ...
Salomon Atoll is one of the many above water features of the Chagos Archipelago The Chagos Archipelago is a hotspot of biodiversity in the Indian Ocean. The main natural resources of the area are coconuts and fish. The licensing of commercial fishing used to provide an annual income of about US$2 million for the British Indian Ocean Territory ...