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The Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean south of Africa at Cape Agulhas. The Indian Ocean, the third largest, extends northward from the Southern Ocean to India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia in Asia, and between Africa in the west and Australia in the east. The Indian Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean to the east, near Australia.
The Indian Ocean drainage basin covers 21,100,000 km 2 (8,100,000 sq mi), virtually identical to that of the Pacific Ocean and half that of the Atlantic basin, or 30% of its ocean surface (compared to 15% for the Pacific). The Indian Ocean drainage basin is divided into roughly 800 individual basins, half that of the Pacific, of which 50% are ...
Wharton Basin. Wharton Basin is the marine area of the north east quarter of the Indian Ocean. It is named after William Wharton (1843–1905), Hydrographer of the Navy. Alternative names are Cocos Basin (after the Cocos Islands) and West Australian Basin. [1] It lies east of the Ninety East Ridge and west of Western Australia.
Topographical map of the Plateau. The Mascarene Plateau is a submarine plateau in the Indian Ocean, north and east of Madagascar.The plateau extends approximately 2,000 km (1,200 mi), from Seychelles in the north to Réunion in the south.
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]
Major continental divides, showing drainage into the major oceans and seas of the world--Drainage basins of the principal oceans and seas of the world.Grey areas are endorheic basins that do not drain to the ocean.
Geography of the Indian Ocean. Locator map of the Indian Ocean. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. ...
Drainage basins feeding the Indian Ocean — located in Asia, Africa, or Oceania. ... Ganges basin (1 C, 12 P) Godavari basin (1 C, 25 P) I. Indus basin (3 C, 63 P) S.