Indian Ocean

The see-sawing nature of sea-surface temperatures in the east and western Indian Ocean is commonly referred to as the Indian Ocean Dipole.

Medindia Health News 2009

"One of the major adversaries in the Indian Ocean is the Chinese navy, which is also expanding at a very fast rate, because it is wanting to dominate the Indian Ocean through which world trade passes, particularly hydrocarbons and gas and energy," Bedi added.

India to Establish Naval Research Center 2011

The Indian Ocean is a critical waterway for global trade and commerce.

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The highest peak in the Indian Ocean is the Piton des Neiges on Réunion (3,069 meters), which received the heaviest downpour on record (4.9 meters of rain in one week in 1980).

Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands 2008

Besides India, the only nation operating carriers in the Indian Ocean is the United States Navy.

Eric Margolis: The White House's Final Folly 2008

Background: The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean).

Indian Ocean 2008

However, the pirates 'capture of the Saudi tanker showed they are becoming bolder and moving further into the vast Indian Ocean, which is proving difficult to police.

Tankers Rerouted From Pirates 2008

What you're witnessing here in the Indian Ocean is a catastrophic event.

CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2005 2005

So once this decision is made over the Indian Ocean, that is what we're going to see.

CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005 2005

This is indicated by the colour of the water, which, on a belt along the shore, varying from a quarter to half a mile in breadth, is light green, and this is met by the deep blue or indigo tint of the Indian Ocean, which is the colour of the great body of

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004