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Marine based industries use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials.Tsunamis are rare in the Indian Ocean as the seismic activity is less as compared to the Pacific.asco da Gama, a Portuguese sailor, was one of those who sailed across the Atlantic to the African coast, went round it, crossing over to the Indian Ocean.The ocean currents may be warm or cold (Figureure 6).Note that the Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean, thus helping India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.The ocean floor was displaced by about 10 – 20m and tilted in a downwardly direction.Natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, landslides, quakes on the earth or under the ocean, can affect people's emotions to such an extent that they experience deep depression and sorrow, a sense of complete helplessness and lack of control over their lives.The ocean water is however saline and not fit for human consumption.Even today, the oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface and support a rich variety of plant and animal life.An earthquake, a volcanic eruption or underwater landslides can shift large amounts of ocean water.They occur in both well-lighted regions close to the surface of water and also at great depths in oceans where relatively little light penetrates.9 5 per cent of the total volume of world's water is estimated to exist as oceans and only 5 per cent as freshwater.South of about 22° north latitude, it begins to taper, and extends towards the Indian Ocean, dividing it into two seas, the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on its east.Ocean currents are streams of water flowing constantly on the ocean surface in definite directions.The oceanic resources beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong to open ocean and no individual country can utilise these without the concurrence of international institutions.