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73,556,000

  • 30/01/2005

73,556,000 The Indian ocean covers 73,556,000 sq km, or 20 per cent of the world’s surface. Aspects like oceanography, geophysical phenomena, undersea exploration and economic and military uses have a bearing on ocean behaviour. How cognisant are our experts with this large water body?

Other than isolated research programmes associated with the Indian monsoon system