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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Baish hasCoastlineOn Red Sea
Baish borderedBy Red Sea
Port of Jazan locatedOn Red Sea
Port of Jazan waterbody Red Sea
Al Wajh locatedOn Red Sea
Al Wajh locatedOnBodyOfWater Red Sea
Seleucid navy operatedIn Red Sea
Hurghada Museum locatedOn Red Sea
Afro-Eurasia borderedBySea Red Sea
Synanceiidae distribution Red Sea
Tihama locatedOn Red Sea
Tihama extendsAlong Red Sea
Tihama borderedBy Red Sea
Al-Darb locatedOn Red Sea
Antennariidae distribution Red Sea
Gulf of Suez oil fields locatedIn Red Sea
this entity surface form: northern Red Sea
Acanthuroidei distribution Red Sea
East Indies station theatre Red Sea
subject surface form: East Indies Station
Eilat Mountains locatedNear Red Sea
Eilat Mountains hasViewOf Red Sea
Israeli Navy operatesIn Red Sea
Peter I, Duke of Brittany deathPlace Red Sea
this entity surface form: Sea of Egypt
El Tor hasCoastlineOn Red Sea
Arava stretchesBetween Red Sea
Naama Bay locatedOn Red Sea
Hadaba locatedOn Red Sea
SSH locatedOnCoastOf Red Sea
subject surface form: Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
SSH near Red Sea
subject surface form: Sharm El Sheikh International Airport
diving saucer SP-350 Denise usedIn Red Sea
subject surface form: SP-350 Denise
Blue Hole (Dahab) locatedIn Red Sea
The Canyon (dive site) partOf Red Sea
this entity surface form: Red Sea diving region