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Descriptor English: Indian Ocean
Descriptor Spanish: Océano Índico
Descriptor Océano Índico
Entry term(s) Golfo Pérsico
Mar Rojo
Scope note: Masa de agua que cubre aproximadamente una quinta parte de la extensión de los océanos de la tierra, que se extiende entre África por el oeste y Australia por el este, Asia por el Norte y la Antártida por el sur. Se incluyen el Mar Rojo y el Golfo Pérsico y constituye el tercer océano en extensión después del OCÉANO ATLÁNTICO y del OCÉANO PACÍFICO. (Traducción libre del original: New Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289)
Descriptor Portuguese: Oceano Índico
Descriptor French: Océan Indien
Entry term(s): Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Tree number(s): Z01.756.342
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019156
Scope note: A body of water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the earth, extending amidst Africa in the west, Australia in the east, Asia in the north, and Antarctica in the south. Including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, it constitutes the third largest ocean after the ATLANTIC OCEAN and the PACIFIC OCEAN. (New Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33219
Unique ID: D019156
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Indian Ocean - Preferred
Concept UI M0028561
Scope note A body of water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the earth, extending amidst Africa in the west, Australia in the east, Asia in the north, and Antarctica in the south. Including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, it constitutes the third largest ocean after the ATLANTIC OCEAN and the PACIFIC OCEAN. (New Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropaedia, 15th ed, 1990, p289)
Preferred term Indian Ocean
Red Sea - Narrower
Concept UI M0028560
Preferred term Red Sea
Persian Gulf - Narrower
Concept UI M0028559
Preferred term Persian Gulf



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