Indian ocean: The waterway is part of

The waterway is part of the important Suez Canal shipping route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean , with 21,000 ships crossing the gulf annually. This route is often used for the delivery of Persian Gulf oil, making the gulf an integral waterway in the world economy. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or 19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. Microzooplankton-Plankton Associations in the Oligotrophic Indian Ocean PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 6 May 2024 This study investigates the associations between microzooplankton, particularly tintinnids, and other plankton in the oligotrophic Indian Ocean . It reports frequent observations of tintinnid/phytoplankton associations, suggesting they indicate warm, nutrient-poor seas …