CLIMATE OF INDIA
EL NINO AND SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS
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around the Gulf of Cambay
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around the Konkan coast
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off the Krishna and Godavari deltas
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around the Palk strait
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tamil Nadu in India has the broadest continental shelf. A continental shelf is the edge of a continent that lies under the ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -Exceptionally broad shelves occur off northern Australia and Argentina. The world’s largest continental shelf extends 1, 500 km (about 930 miles) from the coast of Siberia into the Arctic Ocean. Continental shelves are usually covered with a layer of sand, silts, and silty muds.
Detailed explanation-3: -The largest shelf – the Siberian Shelf in the Arctic Ocean – stretches to 1, 500 kilometers (930 mi) in width.
Detailed explanation-4: -The western continental shelf of India has an area of about 310 000 km2, and is divided into an inner shelf and an outer shelf.