Indian Ocean
Example Sentences
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Scientists have long believed that warm, salty water flowing from the Indian Ocean around the southern tip of Africa and into the Atlantic helps support one of the planet's most important ocean circulation systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The narrow waterway connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and, via the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
From there, tankers sail through the chokepoint at Bab al-Mandeb and out to the Indian Ocean and oil-hungry Asian markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
From there, they have been able to ship oil in bulk to customers in Asia using tankers that depart south, past Yemen and that Bab El Mandeb Strait, and out into the open Indian Ocean.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Grub and I joined Derek in his house on the shore of the Indian Ocean, and many of the students squeezed into our little guest house.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
