Arabian Sea Indian Ocean. Bottom relief and bottom sediments

The boundaries of the Arabian Sea, according to the definition of the International Hydrographic Bureau, are set to the south-west along the line of Cape Hafun (Somalia) - Addu Atoll, then along the western edge of the Maldives and Laccadive Islands to the Sada-Chivjad lighthouse (west coast of India, 14 ° 48 "N. latitude ,74°07" E). Within these boundaries, the area of the Arabian Sea is about 3683 thousand km2. Within the Arabian Sea, there are two major bays: Aden and Oman.

In terms of oceanography, Schott drew the boundaries of the Arabian Sea as follows: the southern boundary runs from the coast of India near the island of Goa along the western coast of the Laccadive Islands to the equator, from there it deviates slightly south to a point on the east coast of Africa near Mombasa, approximately 5 ° S . sh. Apart from the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman, within these boundaries the area of the Arabian Sea is 7456 thousand km2. It includes 95% of the Arabian Basin and two-thirds of the deepest northern part of the Somali Basin.

The water area between the Laccadive Islands and the island of Sri Lanka (according to the definition of the International Hydrographic Bureau - the Laccadive Sea), Schott does not consider, based on the study of water masses, as part of the Arabian Sea.

Bottom relief and bottom sediments

The Arabian Sea is divided by the Carlsberg Ridge and the northwestern continuation of the Central Indian Ridge into two large basins, the depth of which is more than 3600 m: the Arabian in the northeast and the Somali in the southwest. The Somali basin connects with the Mascarene and Madagascar basins in the south, the depth of the rapids is more than 3600 m. Greatest depth The depths of the Somali basin exceed 4600 m. In the Arabian basin, depths up to 5300 m were measured. The depth of the threshold between the Arabian and Somali basins is approximately 3000 m. The basins of the Arabian Sea are limited by two underwater plateaus. The southwestern plateau, extending from about 15° S. latitude, 65° east d., known as the Seychelles-Mauritius Range, reaches northwest to the Seychelles and Amirante Islands. The eastern plateau, stretching from the Chagos archipelago approximately along the meridian of 73 ° E, passes through the region of the Maldives and Laccadive Islands and connects with southwestern part Indian shelf. The depth of both plateaus is less than 1800 m almost throughout. depth Carlsberg Ridge 1800-3600 m. Depths greater than 3600 m are observed in the median rift valley in the central part of the mid-ocean ridge. rift valley turns west, north of Socotra Island, joining the East African Rifts southwest of the Gulf of Aden.

Near the southern tip of India, the shelf is about 120 km wide and up to 220 m deep. To the north, the shelf narrows to 56 km at 11 "N, but near the Gulf of Cambay it widens again to 352 km at a depth of 90 m. The Indian shelf is largely covered sand, but sometimes silt occurs Further north, as far as Karachi, the shelf is 185 km or more wide.In this area, the shelf is covered mainly by silt.The outer edge of the shelf is sandy.Near the Indus River, the shelf is cut by a submarine canyon.West of Karachi the shelf sharply narrows and on the Makranian coast its average width reaches 37 km, then it decreases westward.The edge of the shelf along the Makranian coast is also shallower, average depth 37 m. In this place, the shelf is covered mainly with silts.

At the top of the Gulf of Oman there is a wide shelf covered with silt. From the Gulf of Oman, the Oman Basin extends, in which depths of more than 1800 m have been found. The Oman Basin passes into a trench running parallel to the Makran coast, separated by the narrow Murray Range from the Arabian Basin proper.

The Murray Range also extends southwest to the Carlsberg Range. Along Arabian coast The Indian shelf stretches in a narrow strip. The bottom is covered with sand, mainly of terrigenous or eolian origin. The shelf is approximately 37 km across Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea, where it is cut through by a channel with a depth of more than 183 m. From Cape Guardafuy to Mombasa, along the Somali coast, an exceptionally narrow shelf suggests a faulting nature of the formation of the coast.

continental slope Arabian Sea to a depth of approximately 2750 m is covered with sediments of terrigenous origin. A significant part of the Arabian and Somali basins (depths of more than 4000 m) are covered with deep-sea red clay, the rest - with calcareous globigerine silts.

The thickness of precipitation decreases from 2500 m in the northern part of the Arabian Basin to 500 m in the southern part. According to seismic measurements carried out by the Scripps Oceanographic Institution expedition, the thickness of the sediments is 870 m at 8° 19" N, 70° 32" E. which is in accordance with the map of Neprochnov. At 9° 5 s. latitude, 73° east on western slope The thickness of the precipitation of 1870 m was recorded in the Maldives-Laccadive Range. Neprochnov's data also show a thickening of the sediment layer to the west of the Ninth Degree Strait between the Maldives and Laccadive Islands.

The origin and geological history of the ridges of the Arabian Sea and the topography of its bottom are still hypothetical, and along with others, the hypotheses of continental drift, continental bridges and the immutability of ocean basins and continents are considered. However, geologists usually agree that the topography of the bottom of the Arabian Sea took shape in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic era, while significant sections of it formed only in the Pliocene era.

Hydrological regime

Surface currents. Monsoons are the dominant factor in the formation of surface currents. The northeast monsoon prevails from November to March; winds are light to moderate and this season is called mild. Precipitation is negligible as the winds blow from the mainland. During this period, there is a weak northeast monsoon drift current, which heads south along the coast of India; then about 10° N. sh. it turns west; one of its branches flows into the Gulf of Aden, the other goes south along the Somali coast.

Between the waters of the Arabian Sea and the North Trade Wind, south of the island Sri Lanka is forming a convergence zone, which develops due to salinity contrast surface water having different origins.

Atmospheric pressure and wind distribution north of the equator change dramatically during April, and stronger moist winds, the southwest monsoon, set in until November. Surface currents immediately respond to changes in wind direction. A branch of the South Equatorial Current turns north between 5° S. sh. and the equator and goes along the coast of Africa, then flows into the Arabian Sea as a strong Somali Current at a speed of up to 7 knots. Behind Socotra Island, the Somali current becomes part of the anticyclone circulation, which continues to the northeast along the coast of the Arabian Peninsula, then south along the coast of India up to 10 sec. latitude, where it joins the southwestern monsoon drift current, heading eastward between 5 and 10°N. sh. Further, both currents continue to mix to the east, south of the island of Sri Lanka. During the southwest monsoon, off the coasts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, there is an intensive rise of deep waters to the surface.

Seasonal changes in the surface layer. Significant seasonal changes water temperatures are observed from the surface to the horizon of 100 m in the central part of the Arabian Sea.
Minimum temperature(24-25 ° C) of the surface layer occur in January-February. There are two temperature maxima (over 28°C): one in June, another in November and a secondary minimum (26°C) in August. On the horizon of 100 m in the region of 16–23° N. latitude, 59–64° E d. Maximum temperature(22 ° C) falls in February, the minimum (20 ° C) - in September (the minimum temperature is caused by the rise of deep waters to the surface near the Arabian coast). On the horizon of 100 m in the region of 14–19° N. latitude, 64–69° E on the contrary, the minimum temperature (20°C) occurs in February, the maximum (24°C) in September. During the rainy season (southwest monsoon) salinity less was observed in the upper 50 m. During the northeast monsoon, salinity of more than 36 salinity was found on the surface of the Arabian Sea north of 5°N. sh., with the exception of the area along the Somali coast, where values less than 35.5 ind.

It flows into the Arabian Sea major river Ind. The shores are high, rocky, in some places low-lying deltaic; indented with bays and bays. The largest gulfs: Aden in the West (connected by the Babel-Mandeb Strait to the Red Sea), Oman in the northwest (connected by the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian Gulf), Kutch and Cambay in N-E of the islands few, they are all located off the coast; the largest islands are Socotra and Laccadive.

The bottom relief is leveled, has a general slope from North to South. To the West extends the Murri underwater ridge, over which the depths decrease to 349 and 1993 m. coral islands- coral sand.

The climate of the Arabian Sea is monsoonal. Winds prevail in winter northeast directions, which bring clear cool weather, in summer - southwesterly winds that determine cloudy, humid weather. Typhoons are frequent in spring, summer and autumn. In winter the air temperature is 20-25°C, in summer 25-29°C. Precipitation varies from 23-125 mm per year in the West to 3100 mm in the East with a maximum in the summer months.

Surface currents are directed to the West in winter, to the East in summer. The water temperature on the sea surface in winter is 22-27°C, in summer 23-28°C with a maximum of 29°C in May. Salinity 35.8-36.5%. The tides are irregular, semi-diurnal, their height is up to 5.1 m. Under the influence of the deep waters of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the Arabian Sea at a depth of up to 1500 m, the temperature is above 5 ° C, salinity exceeds 35%. Fauna: dugong, flying fish, tuna, swordfish, south. herring, reef fish, sailboats, etc.

Main ports: Colombo, Bombay, Karachi, Aden.

Bottom relief and bottom sediments

The Arabian Sea is divided by the Carlsberg Ridge and the northwestern continuation of the Central Indian Ridge into two large basins, the depth of which is more than 3600 m: the Arabian in the northeast and the Somali in the southwest. The Somali basin connects with the Mascarene and Madagascar basins in the south, the depth of the rapids is more than 3600 m. The greatest depth of the Somali basin exceeds 4600 m. underwater plateaus. The southwestern plateau, extending from about 15° S. latitude, 65° east d., known as the Seychelles-Mauritius Range, reaches northwest to the Seychelles and Amirante Islands. The eastern plateau, stretching from the Chagos archipelago approximately along the meridian of 73 ° E, passes through the region of the Maldives and Laccadive Islands and connects with the southwestern part of the Indian shelf. The depth of both plateaus is less than 1800 m almost throughout. depth Carlsberg Ridge 1800-3600 m. Depths greater than 3600 m are observed in the median rift valley in the central part of the mid-ocean ridge. The Rift Valley turns west, north of Socotra Island, joining the East African Rifts southwest of the Gulf of Aden.

Near the southern tip of India, the shelf is about 120 km wide and up to 220 m deep. To the north, the shelf narrows to 56 km at 11 "N, but near the Gulf of Cambay it widens again to 352 km at a depth of 90 m. The Indian shelf is largely covered sand, but sometimes silt occurs Further north, as far as Karachi, the shelf is 185 km or more wide.In this area, the shelf is covered mainly by silt.The outer edge of the shelf is sandy.Near the Indus River, the shelf is cut by a submarine canyon.West of Karachi the shelf sharply narrows and on the Makran coast its average width reaches 37 km, then decreases in a westerly direction.The edge of the shelf along the Makran coast is also shallower, its average depth is 37 m.

The Murray Range also extends southwest to the Carlsberg Range. Along the Arabian coast, the Indian shelf stretches in a narrow strip. The bottom is covered with sand, mainly of terrigenous or eolian origin. The shelf is approximately 37 km across in the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea, where it is cut by a channel with a depth of more than 183 m. From Cape Guardafui to Mombasa, along the Somali coast, an exceptionally narrow shelf suggests a faulting nature of the coast formation.

The continental slope of the Arabian Sea to a depth of about 2750 m is covered with sediments of terrigenous origin. A significant part of the Arabian and Somali basins (depths of more than 4000 m) are covered with deep-sea red clay, the rest - with calcareous globigerine silts.

The thickness of precipitation decreases from 2500 m in the northern part of the Arabian Basin to 500 m in the southern part. According to seismic measurements carried out by the Scripps Oceanographic Institution expedition, the thickness of the sediments is 870 m at 8° 19" N, 70° 32" E. which is in accordance with the map of Neprochnov. At 9° 5 s. latitude, 73° east on the western slope of the Maldive-Laccadive Range, a precipitation thickness of 1870 m was recorded. Neprochnov's data also show a thickening of the sediment layer west of the Ninth Degree Strait between the Maldives and Laccadive Islands.

Hydrological regime

Between the waters of the Arabian Sea and the North Trade Wind, south of the island of Sri Lanka, a convergence zone is formed, which develops due to the contrast in the salinity of surface waters of different origin.

Seasonal changes in the surface layer. Significant seasonal changes in water temperature are observed from the surface to a horizon of 100 m in the central part of the Arabian Sea.
Minimum temperature(24-25 ° C) of the surface layer occur in January-February. There are two temperature maxima (over 28°C): one in June, another in November and a secondary minimum (26°C) in August. On the horizon of 100 m in the region of 16–23° N. latitude, 59–64° E e. the maximum temperature (22 ° C) occurs in February, the minimum (20 ° C) - in September (the minimum temperature is caused by the rise of deep waters to the surface near the Arabian coast). On the horizon of 100 m in the region of 14–19° N. latitude, 64–69° E on the contrary, the minimum temperature (20°C) occurs in February, the maximum (24°C) in September. During the rainy season (southwest monsoon) salinity less was observed in the upper 50 m. During the northeast monsoon, salinity of more than 36 salinity was found on the surface of the Arabian Sea north of 5°N. sh., with the exception of the area along the Somali coast, where values less than 35.5 ind.

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Greatest depth5803 m Average depth3006 m Beach in Goa on the coast of the Arabian Sea Arabian Sea Arabian Sea K:Water objects in alphabetical order

The largest gulfs are: in the west the Gulf of Adenconnecting to the Red Sea through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and in the northwest the Gulf of Omanconnecting to the Persian Gulf. On the coast of India, the largest are the Gulf of Cambay and the Gulf of Kutch.

Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Pakistan, India and the Maldives are located on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Largest cities- Karachi, Aden, Muscat, Mumbai, Kochi, etc.

Description of boundaries

In the West. Eastern boundary of the Gulf of Aden [Meridian of Cape Guardafui (Ras Asir, 51°16′ E)].
In the north. A line connecting Cape El Hadd, the eastern point of the Arabian Peninsula (22°32′ N), and Cape Jivani (61°43′ E) on the coast of Pakistan.
On South. A line drawn from the extreme southern point of Addu Atoll (Maldives) to the extreme eastern point Cape Ras Hafun (Africa, 10°26′ N).
In the east. Western boundary of the Laccadive Sea [A line drawn from Sadashivgad to west coast India ( 14°48′ N. sh. 74°07′ E d. / 14.800° N sh. 74.117° E d. / 14.800; 74.117 (G) (I)) to the island of Kora Divkh ( 13°42′ N. sh. 72°10′ E d. / 13.700° N sh. 72.167° E d. / 13.700; 72.167 (G) (I)) and then down along the western side of the Laccadive and Maldives to the extreme southern point Addu Atoll in the composition Maldives].

Name

The Arabian Sea was known to European and Arab navigators under various names: erythraean sea , Sea of Sindhu(Sindhu Sagar), green sea, Sea of Oman, Persian Sea And Indo-Arab Sea .

Oceanography

bottom structure

The continental slope to a depth of 2750 m is covered with terrigenous sediments, the basins are covered with red clay. The bottom relief was formed in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic, a significant part - in the Pliocene.

physical oceanography

The tides are irregular, semi-diurnal, up to 5.1 m high. Surface currents are westward in winter and eastward in summer. The temperature of the surface layer of water in winter is +22-+27 °C, in summer +23-+28 °C with a maximum of +29 °C in May. Salinity during the southwest monsoon is less than 35 ‰, during the northeast monsoon - more than 36 ‰. Under the influence of the deep waters of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the Arabian Sea at a depth of up to 1500 m, the temperature is above +5 ° C, salinity exceeds 35 ‰.

Islands

There are several large islands in the Arabian Sea. The largest Socotra (Yemen), Masirah (Oman), Astola (Pakistan).

Island Astola, also known as Jezira Haft Talar(Urdu جزیرہ ہفت تلار ) or "Island of the Seven Mountains", - a small desert island at northern border Arabian Sea in Pakistani territorial waters. he is popular destination for ecotourism. A place to watch sea turtles. It is home to such rare species as the Green Sea Turtle ( Chelonia mydas) and bissa ( Eretmochelys imbracata) that lay their eggs on the beach and cliffs. The island is home to endemic native vipers ( Echis carinatus astolae).

Socotra(arab. سُقُطْرَى ‎ Suquṭra) - largest island. component small archipelago of four islands. Located 240 km from the Horn of Africa and 380 km south of the Arabian Peninsula. A third of the plants found on the island grow only here.

Masirah(arab. مصيرة ‎) - an island at east coast Oman. Key industries are fishing and traditional textile production. Previously, shipbuilding was important. The rugged surface of the island and the adjacent coast has caused many shipwrecks. The dry climate and salty sea water ensured the safety of the dhow wrecks. The area of the island is very productive, any solid surface in the coastal waters (barrel engines) is immediately overgrown with representatives of the local fauna.

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An excerpt characterizing the Arabian Sea

“Believe, prince, that a mother’s heart will never forget what you have done for us.
“I am glad that I could please you, my dear Anna Mikhailovna,” said Prince Vasily, straightening the frill and showing in gesture and voice here in Moscow, before the patronized Anna Mikhailovna, even much greater importance than in St. Petersburg, at the evening at Annette Scherer.
“Try to serve well and be worthy,” he added, addressing Boris sternly. - I'm glad ... Are you here on vacation? he dictated in his impassive tone.
“I’m waiting for an order, Your Excellency, to go to a new destination,” Boris answered, showing neither annoyance at the prince’s sharp tone, nor a desire to enter into a conversation, but so calmly and respectfully that the prince looked intently at him.
- Do you live with your mother?
“I live with Countess Rostova,” Boris said, adding again: “Your Excellency.”
“This is the Ilya Rostov who married Nathalie Shinshina,” said Anna Mikhailovna.
“I know, I know,” said Prince Vasily in his monotonous voice. - Je n "ai jamais pu concevoir, comment Nathalieie s" est decidee a epouser cet ours mal - leche l Un personnage completement stupide et ridicule. Et joueur a ce qu "on dit. [I could never understand how Natalie decided to go out marry that filthy bear. Completely stupid and funny person. Besides a gambler, they say.]
- Mais tres brave homme, mon prince, [But a good man, prince,] - Anna Mikhailovna remarked, smiling touchingly, as if she knew that Count Rostov deserved such an opinion, but asked to pity the poor old man. - What do the doctors say? asked the princess, after a pause, and again expressing great sadness on her tear-stained face.
“There is little hope,” said the prince.
- And I so wanted to thank my uncle again for all his good deeds to me and Borya. C "est son filleuil, [This is his godson,] - she added in such a tone, as if this news should have extremely pleased Prince Vasily.
Prince Vasily thought for a moment and grimaced. Anna Mikhailovna realized that he was afraid to find in her a rival according to the will of Count Bezukhoy. She hastened to reassure him.
“If it weren’t for my true love and devotion to my uncle,” she said, pronouncing this word with particular confidence and carelessness: “I know his character, noble, direct, but after all, only the princesses are with him ... They are still young ...” She tilted her head and she added in a whisper: “Did he fulfill his last duty, prince?” How precious are these last moments! After all, it couldn't be worse; it must be cooked if it is so bad. We women, prince,” she smiled tenderly, “always know how to say these things. You need to see him. No matter how hard it was for me, but I'm used to suffering.
The prince, apparently, understood, and understood, as he did at the evening at Annette Scherer's, that it was difficult to get rid of Anna Mikhailovna.
“This meeting wouldn’t be hard for him, chere Anna Mikhailovna,” he said. - Let's wait until the evening, the doctors promised a crisis.
“But you can’t wait, prince, at this moment. Pensez, il u va du salut de son ame… Ah! c "est terrible, les devoirs d" un chretien ... [Think, it's about saving his soul! Oh! this is terrible, the duty of a Christian…]
A door opened from the inner rooms, and one of the princesses, the count's nieces, entered, with a gloomy and cold face and a long waist strikingly disproportionate to her legs.
Prince Vasily turned to her.
- Well, what is he?
- All the same. And as you wish, this noise ... - said the princess, looking at Anna Mikhailovna, as if she were a stranger.
“Ah, chere, je ne vous reconnaissais pas, [Ah, my dear, I didn’t recognize you,” Anna Mikhailovna said with a happy smile, approaching the count’s niece with a light amble. - Je viens d "arriver et je suis a vous pour vous aider a soigner mon oncle. J`imagine, combien vous avez souffert, [I came to help you follow your uncle. I imagine how much you suffered,] - she added, with participation rolling his eyes.
The princess made no answer, did not even smile, and went out at once. Anna Mikhailovna took off her gloves and, in a conquered position, settled down on an armchair, inviting Prince Vasily to sit down beside her.
- Boris! - she said to her son and smiled, - I'll go to the count, to my uncle, and you go to Pierre, mon ami, for the time being, don't forget to give him an invitation from the Rostovs. They invite him to dinner. I don't think he will? she turned to the prince.
“On the contrary,” said the prince, apparently out of sorts. - Je serais tres content si vous me debarrassez de ce jeune homme ... [I would be very happy if you would save me from this young man…] Sitting there. The Count never once asked about him.
He shrugged. The waiter led the young man up and down another staircase to Pyotr Kirillovich.

Pierre did not manage to choose a career for himself in St. Petersburg and, indeed, was exiled to Moscow for riot. The story told at Count Rostov's was true. Pierre participated in tying the quarter with a bear. He arrived a few days ago and stayed, as always, at his father's house. Although he assumed that his story was already known in Moscow, and that the ladies surrounding his father, who were always unfriendly to him, would take advantage of this opportunity to annoy the count, he nevertheless went to half his father on the day of his arrival. Entering the drawing room, the usual residence of the princesses, he greeted the ladies who were sitting at the embroidery frame and at the book, which one of them was reading aloud. There were three. The eldest, clean, long-waisted, strict girl, the same one who went out to Anna Mikhailovna, was reading; the younger ones, both ruddy and pretty, differing from each other only in that one had a mole above her lip, which made her very pretty, sewed in a hoop. Pierre was greeted as dead or plagued. The eldest princess interrupted her reading and silently looked at him with frightened eyes; the youngest, without a mole, assumed exactly the same expression; the smallest, with a mole, of a merry and humorous disposition, stooped down to the embroidery frame to hide a smile, caused, probably, by the upcoming scene, the amusingness of which she foresaw. She pulled down the hair and bent down, as if sorting out the patterns and barely holding back her laughter.
“Bonjour, ma cousine,” said Pierre. - Vous ne me hesonnaissez pas? [Hello cousin. You don't recognize me?]
“I know you too well, too well.
How is the Count's health? May I see him? Pierre asked awkwardly, as always, but not embarrassed.
“The Count suffers both physically and morally, and it seems that you took care to inflict more moral suffering on him.
May I see the count? Pierre repeated.
“Hm!.. If you want to kill him, kill him completely, you can see. Olga, go and see if the broth is ready for the uncle, the time will soon be, ”she added, showing Pierre that they are busy and busy reassuring his father, while he is obviously busy only upsetting.
Olga left. Pierre stood for a moment, looked at the sisters, and, bowing, said:
- So I'll go to my place. When you can, tell me.
He went out, and the sonorous but quiet laughter of the sister with the mole was heard behind him.
The next day, Prince Vasily arrived and settled in the count's house. He called Pierre to him and said to him:
- Mon cher, si vous vous conduisez ici, comme a Petersbourg, vous finirez tres mal; c "est tout ce que je vous dis. [My dear, if you behave here as in Petersburg, you will end up very badly; I have nothing more to tell you.] The count is very, very sick: you don’t need to see him at all.
Since then, Pierre has not been disturbed, and he spent the whole day alone upstairs in his room.
While Boris entered him, Pierre walked around his room, occasionally stopping in the corners, making threatening gestures to the wall, as if piercing an invisible enemy with a sword, and sternly looking over his glasses and then starting his walk again, pronouncing obscure words, shaking shoulders and arms outstretched.

The Arabian Sea and numerous resorts located on its coast are especially popular with those who prefer first-class beaches, ancient sights and a wide range of modern entertainment. Due to the popularity of coastal areas, the Arabian Sea is easy to find on the map.

Arabian Sea on the world map

The Arabian Sea is one of the largest and deepest, and its temperature perfect for swimming at any time of the year.

Green, Persian, Eritrean - such names were given in ancient times to the Arabian Sea.

Where is it located and what ocean does it belong to?

The Arabian Sea is located in the northern hemisphere Asian parts of the world. In the east it is limited by the Hindustan peninsula, and in the west by Arabian Peninsula. The water area includes several bays at once, the largest of which are:

Omani;
Cambay;
Kutch;
Aden gulf (connects to the Red Sea).

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Among the seas that make up the Indian Ocean, the Arabian and the seas are ahead of their neighbors, being the largest of them. They are connected by the Babel-Mandeb Strait, and what is especially remarkable, the Red Sea is located to the west.

Climatic features

The climate of the Arabian Sea warm monsoon, and it is strongly influenced by weather peninsulas of Hindustan. average temperature sea water on the coast is from +22 to +28°C. Its performance does not fall below +20 degrees.

Such conditions are especially attractive for those who prefer the resorts of this water area - one of the most beloved by tourists.

Characteristics

It is not just that the Arabian Sea is considered one of the largest in the Indian Ocean, as well as occupying fifth place in size and depth in the world. Its area is 3.8 million square meters. km, and maximum width reaches 2400 km. The depth in some places is 5800 meters.

Relief of the Arabian Sea heterogeneous- according to the characteristics, it has a general slope from north to south. The shores are indented with bays and bays, some are high and rocky, while others are low-lying deltas. The Carlsberg Ridge divides the bottom into two large sections, forming two basins. The first of them is Arabian, the second is Somali.

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Very rich and varied undersea world flora and fauna of the sea. Laminaria, brown and red algae live here. Among living organisms, about 100 commercial species of fish, shrimp, crabs and lobsters predominate. Also found in Arabian waters clownfish, angelfish, gobies, triggerfish, lionfish, sardinella.

In the Arabian Sea are found sharks- brindle, mako, reef, blackfin and blue. Off the coast of Hindustan, industrial fishing is especially developed. Tuna, marlin, mackerel and sardines are mined here.

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Countries, islands and resorts washed by the Arabian Sea are one of the the most popular tourists from all over the world.

Resorts are in demand due to the warm climate and excellent conditions for recreation.

What continents and countries does it wash?

Since the Arabian Sea occupies the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, its waters wash the coast of countries Asia and northeastern Africa. From the side of Hindustan, these include India (including Goa), Pakistan, Maldives and. The countries of the Omani Peninsula, washed by the sea, include Oman and Yemen, and on the African continent - the coast of Djibouti and Somalia.

Major resorts

Most Popular And major resorts Arabian Sea - India, its Goa, Maldives and Oman. All of them attract travelers with incredible exoticism, luxurious coast, developed infrastructure And great opportunities for a fabulous holiday.

One of the brightest places Goa- a resort with everything necessary for tourists. Of all the Indian states, it is the most suitable for recreation, although it is only a narrow coastal strip. First of all, it attracts a variety of beaches and the opportunity to relax inexpensively.

It is customary to divide into Southern and Northern, and their main differences are in the level and quality of service. On north prefer to come those who like inexpensive, but rich vacation. There are a lot of budget places for overnight stays, democratic prices for services, but not always clean beaches. But it is never boring - noisy parties are constantly held on the coast of the Arabian Sea.

But even despite the noise and fun, vacationers have the opportunity to find a secluded beach and have a good time.