The Arabian Sea (Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर, transliterated: Sindhu Sagar; Arabic: بحر العرب, transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab, Malayalam: അറബി കടല് transliterated: Arabi Kadal) is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in India, and t...
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The Arabian Sea (Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर, transliterated: Sindhu Sagar; Arabic: بحر العرب, transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab, Malayalam: അറബി കടല് transliterated: Arabi Kadal) is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka.
The Arabian Sea's surface area is about 3,862,000 km (1,491,130 sq mi). The maximum width of the Arabian Sea is approximately 2,400 km (1,490 mi), and its maximum depth is 4,652 metres (15,262 ft), in the Arabian Basin approximately at the same latitude as the southernmost tip of India. The Indus River, the largest river in Pakistan, also known as the Sindhu river, is the largest river flowing directly into this sea; others include the Netravathi, Sharavathi, Narmada, Tapti, Mahi, and the numerous rivers of...
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