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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Masbat locatedOn Red Sea
Assalah locatedOn Red Sea
Lagoona area locatedOn Red Sea
Lagoona area waterBody Red Sea
HMS Nubian sawAction Red Sea
Arab naval forces operatedIn Red Sea
Sanbao ledExpeditionTo Red Sea
northern Eritrea hasCoastOn Red Sea
subject surface form: Northern Eritrea
northern Eritrea borderedBy Red Sea
subject surface form: Northern Eritrea
eastern Sudan hasCoastOn Red Sea
subject surface form: Eastern Sudan
Lake Timsah connectedTo Red Sea
Indian Ocean Region hasPart Red Sea
Safaga locatedOn Red Sea
Safaga waterBody Red Sea
Quseer locatedOn Red Sea
Quseer nearbyBodyOfWater Red Sea
Ras Gharib locatedOn Red Sea
Ras Gharib hasCoastlineOn Red Sea
Halaib locatedOn Red Sea
Halaib hasCoastlineOn Red Sea
Halaib nearBodyOfWater Red Sea
Sahl Hasheesh locatedOn Red Sea
Kingdom Tower locatedNear Red Sea
Omani Empire tradingRegion Red Sea
Hebrew term "Yam Suf" alternativeTranslation Red Sea
subject surface form: Yam Suf
Hebrew term "Yam Suf" traditionalIdentification Red Sea
subject surface form: Yam Suf
Hebrew term "Yam Suf" translationInSeptuagint Red Sea
subject surface form: Yam Suf
this entity surface form: Erythra Thalassa (Red Sea)
Hellenic Navy operatesIn Red Sea
Yanbu Governorate borderedBy Red Sea
Yambu locatedOn Red Sea
Yambu borderedBy Red Sea