Red Sea

E20723
sea seawater inlet

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean lying between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and extensive coral reefs.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Red Sea canonical 320
Red Sea basin 2
northern Red Sea 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sea ⓘ
seawater inlet ⓘ
averageDepth about 490 m ⓘ
borderedBy Djibouti ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
connectedTo Mediterranean Sea via Suez Canal ⓘ
continentBordered Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
formedBy divergent tectonic plate boundary ⓘ
hasArm Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
Gulf of Suez ⓘ
hasCityOnCoast Hurghada ⓘ
Jeddah ⓘ
Port Sudan ⓘ
Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ
hasFeature deep central trough ⓘ
extensive reef systems ⓘ
fringing coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove stands ⓘ
numerous coral islands ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
shallow shelves ⓘ
hasGeologicalSetting rift basin ⓘ
hasInflow Indian Ocean ⓘ
hasMarineBiodiversity many endemic fish species ⓘ
numerous coral species ⓘ
hasOutflow Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
Gulf of Aden ⓘ
isImportantFor fishing ⓘ
global shipping ⓘ
oil transport ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
knownFor extensive coral reefs ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
length about 2250 km ⓘ
locatedBetween Africa ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
maximumDepth about 3040 m ⓘ
maximumWidth about 355 km ⓘ
partOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
plateBoundaryBetween African Plate ⓘ
Arabian Plate ⓘ
salinity high ⓘ
surfaceArea about 438000 km² ⓘ
waterTemperature relatively warm year-round ⓘ
waterType tropical ⓘ

Referenced by (333)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egypt → coastOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Arab world → hasSea → Red Sea ⓘ
Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Red Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea → connectedTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Asia → bordersSea → Red Sea ⓘ
Middle East → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → navalPower → Red Sea ⓘ
Israel → hasCoastlineOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula → seaAdjacentTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Saudi Arabia → hasCoastOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean → containsSea → Red Sea ⓘ
Jeddah → locatedOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Suez Canal → connects → Red Sea ⓘ
Suez Canal → waterSource → Red Sea ⓘ
Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport → locatedNear → Red Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Sea coast
Sahara Desert → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → connectedRegion → Red Sea ⓘ
Djibouti → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Red Sea ⓘ
Djibouti → hasCoastlineOn → Red Sea ⓘ
HMS Kimberley → theatre → Red Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea → connectedTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea → hasAlternativeName → Red Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erythraean Sea (historical)
Arabian Desert → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Sudan → hasCoastOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Eritrea → hasCoastlineOn → Red Sea ⓘ
African Plate → includesRegion → Red Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Aden → connectedTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom → borderedBy → Red Sea ⓘ
Yemen → coastlineOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Sahel → extendsTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Middle East Command → theatre → Red Sea ⓘ
Horn of Africa → hasSeaLittoral → Red Sea ⓘ
Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) → theaterOfOperations → Red Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Sea region
Saudi Arabian Navy → operatesIn → Red Sea ⓘ
Makkah Province → borders → Red Sea ⓘ
Makkah Province → hasCoastlineOn → Red Sea ⓘ
Kingdom of Jordan → sea → Red Sea ⓘ
Debal → seaRouteConnections → Red Sea ⓘ
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → connects → Red Sea ⓘ
Egyptian Navy → operatesIn → Red Sea ⓘ
Thatta → tradeConnections → Red Sea ⓘ
Roman navy → operatedIn → Red Sea ⓘ
Danakil Desert → adjacentTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Tadjoura → connectedTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Al Madinah Province → bordersBodyOfWater → Red Sea ⓘ
EUNAVFOR Atalanta → areaOfOperation → Red Sea ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands → drainsTo → Red Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Suez → locatedIn → Red Sea ⓘ