Gulf of Suez

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arm of the Red Sea gulf

The Gulf of Suez is a northwestern arm of the Red Sea that separates mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula and serves as the southern entrance to the Suez Canal.

Aliases (1)

Suez ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arm of the Red Sea → gulf →
basinCountry	Egypt →
belongsTo	Egyptian territorial waters →
borderedBy	African mainland of Egypt → Sinai Peninsula of Egypt →
climate	arid →
connectedVia	Suez Canal to Mediterranean Sea →
connectsTo	Suez Canal →
continent	Africa → Asia →
country	Egypt →
formsPartOf	Great Rift Valley system →
hasCityOnCoast	Ain Sokhna → Ras Gharib → Ras Shukeir → Suez →
hasEconomicActivity	hydrocarbon production → marine transport → tourism →
isImportantFor	Egyptian economy → global shipping routes →
isNorthernExtensionOf	Red Sea →
knownFor	natural gas fields → oil fields →
locatedIn	Red Sea →
locatedInBodyOfWater	Indian Ocean basin →
locatedInCountry	Egypt →
locatedInRegion	Middle East → Northeast Africa →
locatedOnCoastOf	Africa → Asia →
northernTerminus	Suez →
ocean	Indian Ocean →
parallelTo	Gulf of Aqaba →
partOf	Red Sea →
salinity	high →
separates	Sinai Peninsula → mainland Egypt →
southernConnection	Red Sea →
southernEntranceOf	Suez Canal →
tectonicSetting	rift basin →
usedFor	fishing → maritime transport → shipping →
waterBodyType	saltwater gulf →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
South Sinai Governorate → Suez Governorate →	hasCoastlineOn
Sinai Peninsula →	borderedBy
South Sinai Governorate →	borders
Suez Governorate →	bordersWaterbody
Suez Canal ("Suez") →	connects
Red Sea →	hasArm
Parting of the Sea of Reeds →	hasLocationHypothesizedAs
Gulf of Aden →	linkedWaterBody
Suez →	locatedOn
Suez Governorate →	locatedOnWaterbody
Egyptian Navy →	operatesIn