Laccadive Sea
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The Laccadive Sea is a warm, biologically rich marginal sea off the southwestern coast of India, bordered by India, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lakshadweep Sea | 2 |
| Arabian Sea | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
marginal sea
ⓘ
sea ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep)
ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshadweep Islands
Maldives ⓘ
surface form:
Maldives archipelago
southwestern coast of Karnataka ⓘ southwestern coast of Kerala ⓘ southwestern coast of Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
India
ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| contains |
atolls
ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ marine fisheries ⓘ seagrass beds ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arabian Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabian Sea (regional name in some contexts)
Laccadive Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Lakshadweep Sea
|
| hasBiodiversity | high ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
biologically rich
ⓘ
clear waters ⓘ coral-rich ⓘ warm waters ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineCountry |
India
ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportanceFor |
India
ⓘ
Maldives ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| hasEcosystemType | tropical marine ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasMarineLife |
cetaceans
ⓘ
corals ⓘ marine turtles ⓘ reef fish ⓘ sharks ⓘ tuna ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryProductivity | high ⓘ |
| hasSalinity | high oceanic salinity ⓘ |
| hasWaterTemperature | warm ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Asian monsoon system
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian monsoon system
monsoon winds ⓘ |
| isRegionOf |
Arabian Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabian Sea basin
|
| locatedEastOf | Maldives ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Ocean
ⓘ
tropical zone ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | southwestern coast of India ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | India ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lakshadweep Sea
this entity surface form:
Lakshadweep Sea
this entity surface form:
Arabian Sea