Red Sea

:(Red Sea is also the name of a state in Sudan)

Related Topics:
Red Sea - Sudan

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The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀይሕ ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The sea is roughly 1900 km long and at its widest is over 300 km. The sea floor has a maximum depth of 2,500 m in the central median trench and an average depth of 500 m, but it also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 or 450,000 km². The sea is the habitat of over 1000 invertebrate species and 200 soft and hard corals. The sea occupies a part of the Great Rift Valley.

Related Topics:
Arabic - Hebrew - Tigrigna - Gulf - Indian Ocean - Africa - Asia - Bab el Mandeb - Gulf of Aden - Sinai Peninsula - Gulf of Aqaba - Gulf of Suez - Suez Canal - Coral - Invertebrate - Great Rift Valley

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