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.

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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.

Sri Lanka borderedBySea Laccadive Sea
Arabian Sea connectedTo Laccadive Sea
Indian Ocean containsSea Laccadive Sea
Laccadive Sea hasAlternativeName Laccadive Sea
this entity surface form: Lakshadweep Sea
Kerala hasInternationalBorderWith Laccadive Sea
this entity surface form: Lakshadweep Sea
Agatti locatedIn Laccadive Sea
Agatti Airport locatedIn Laccadive Sea
this entity surface form: Arabian Sea
Bitra locatedIn Laccadive Sea
Chetlat locatedIn Laccadive Sea
Kadmat locatedIn Laccadive Sea
Mahls region Laccadive Sea
Maldives sea Laccadive Sea