Red Sea

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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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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

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Yanbu locatedOn Red Sea
Aqaba locatedOn Red Sea
Aqaba sea Red Sea
Punt locatedNear Red Sea
Port of Aden connectedTo Red Sea
Ottoman navy operatedIn Red Sea
Port of Djibouti locatedOn Red Sea
Britain–India traverses Red Sea
Perim Island bodyOfWater Red Sea
Taiz near Red Sea
Al Hudaydah locatedOn Red Sea
Kingdom of Hejaz borderedBy Red Sea
Edom accessTo Red Sea
Sinai desert borders Red Sea
subject surface form: Sinai Desert
Western Fleet theater Red Sea
Western Fleet primarySea Red Sea
Afonso de Paiva regionOfActivity Red Sea
this entity surface form: Red Sea basin
Al Lith locatedOn Red Sea
Al Lith bodyOfWater Red Sea
Al Qunfudhah locatedOn Red Sea
Al Qunfudhah hasCoastline Red Sea
Jazirat al-Tair (regionally nearby volcanic island) locatedIn Red Sea
subject surface form: Jazirat al-Tair
Jazirat al-Tair (regionally nearby volcanic island) locatedInBodyOfWater Red Sea
subject surface form: Jazirat al-Tair
باب المندب يربط بين Red Sea
this entity surface form: البحر الأحمر