雅思听力材料:The Indian Ocean
2021-12-06点击量:84
TheIndianOcean-coastalwatersTheIndianOceanisthethirdlargestoftheworld'soceanicdivisions,coveringapproximately20%ofthewaterontheEarth'ssurface.ItisboundedbyAsia—includingIndia,afterwhichtheoceanisnamed—onthenorth,onthewestbyAfrica,ontheeastbyAustralia,andonthesouthbytheSouthernOcean(or,dependingondefinition,byAntarctica.)AsonecomponentoftheWorldOcean,theIndianOceanisdelineatedfromtheAtlanticOceanbythe20°eastmeridianrunningsouthfromCapeAgulhas,andfromthePacificOceanbythemeridianof146°55'east.ThenorthernmostextentoftheIndianOceanisapproximately30°northinthePersianGulf.Theoceanisnearly10,000km(6,200mi)wideatthesoutherntipsofAfricaandAustralia,anditsareais73,556,000km2(28,350,000mi2),includingtheRedSeaandthePersianGulf.Theocean'svolumeisestimatedtobe292,131,000km3(70,086,000mi3).Smallislandsdotthecontinentalrims.IslandnationswithintheoceanareMadagascar(theworld'sfourthlargestisland),Comoros,Seychelles,Maldives,Mauritius,andSriLanka.ThearchipelagoofIndonesiaborderstheoceanontheeast.本文由培训无忧网新东方教育课程顾问整理发布,更多雅思课程信息欢迎关注培训无忧网雅思培训频道或添加老师微信:15033336050...