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  2. Gulf of Mannar - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar is known for its pearl banks of Pinctada radiata and Pinctada fucata for at least 2,000 years. Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) praised the pearl fishery of the gulf as one of the most productive in the world. [7] [8] [9] Although extraction of natural pearls is considered too expensive in most parts of the world, it is still ...

  3. Mannar, North Eastern Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ...

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    Get the Mannar, North Eastern local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

  4. Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean.It lies 1 to 10 km away from the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India for 160 km between Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi.

  5. Laccadive Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 10,500 km 2 of ocean, islands and the adjoining coastline, and is the largest such reserve in India. Most of its area is restricted for outsiders and the access of boats is subject to strict rules, [ 14 ] but local people continue fishing activities which they crucially depend on.

  6. Coastline of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar. It lies between Thoothukudi and Dhanushkodi. It is the core area of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve which includes a 10 km buffer zone around the park, including the populated coastal area. [30]

  7. Category:Gulf of Mannar - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar — a large shallow arm of the Laccadive Sea, in the Indian Ocean. Located in the Coromandel Coast region of eastern South India and northwestern Sri Lanka . Pages in category "Gulf of Mannar"

  8. List of Arabian Peninsula tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    Most of the tropical cyclones originated in the Arabian Sea, the portion of the Indian Ocean north of the equator and west of India. The remainder formed in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast. Collectively, the 64 storms have caused at least US$8.3 billion in damage and 1,693 deaths.

  9. Al Khan, Sharjah Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local Weather ...

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    Weird winter weather: Cold and snow to the East, but rain and warmth in the West. The West will deal with rain on the first day of winter, the East and Great Lakes will get snow and cold, with ...