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Indian Ocean
Article By:
Wyrtki, Klaus Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hayes, Dennis E. Formerly, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York.
Last updated:2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.340800
The smallest and geologically the most youthful of the three oceans. It differs from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans in two important aspects. First, it is landlocked in the north, does not extend into the cold climatic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and consequently it is asymmetrical with regard to its circulation. Second, the wind systems over its equatorial and northern portions change twice each year, causing an almost complete reversal of its circulation.
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