Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

INDIAN

OCEAN

SOUTHERN OCEAN

PACIFIC

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Kerguelen

Andaman Islands

(to India)

Nicobar Islands

(to India)

Lakshadweep

Islands

(to India)

Socotra

(to Yemen)

Prince Edward Islands

(to South Africa)

Crozet Islands

COCOS

ISLANDS

(to Australia)

CHRISTMAS

ISLAND

(to Australia)

HEARD & MCDONALD ISLANDS

(to Australia)

BRITISH

INDIAN OCEAN

TERRITORY

(to UK)

RÉUNION

(to France)

MAYOTTE

(to France)

FRENCH SOUTHERN &

ANTARCTIC LANDS

(to France)

SRI LANKA

MALDIVES

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MAURITIUS

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SALT FROM THE SEA

Salt is essential for life and has been

traded here for centuries. People around

the Indian Ocean make salt by flooding

large, flat areas with sea water. As the

water evaporates in the sun, salt crystals

are left behind. These are then collected,

drained, and cleaned.

Collecting salt

in the Maldives

MANGROVES

A lot of the coast in the tropical part

of the Indian Ocean is fringed with

mangrove forests. These amazing

trees live in brackish water and

have long roots that trap sediment

and protect the coast from erosion.

Without these trees, settlements

and land along the coast are in

danger of being damaged by

high tides and strong storms.

The moutia

dance of the

Seychelles was

brought to the

islands by

African slaves

in the 1700s.

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS

The Indian Ocean contains some of the busiest and

most important shipping routes in the world. Smaller

ships sail to and from the Mediterranean Sea and the ports

of Europe and America through the Red Sea and Suez Canal,

while larger freighters and oil tankers from the Persian Gulf sail

around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.

Norwegian

freighter

Indian Ocean

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