Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden.
To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
It is about 2,250 km (1,400 mi) long.
It has an average depth of 490 m (1,610 ft), and in the central Suakin Trough it reaches its maximum depth of 3,040 m (9,970 ft).
The Red Sea is the world's northernmost tropical sea, and has been designated a Global 200 ecoregion.
It has no significant freshwater intake and is surrounded by semi-desert or desert terrain.
The Red Sea is one of the youngest marine zones on Earth and a geologically recent opening because of the sluggish seafloor spreading that gave it its current shape over the last 4 to 5 million years.
The basin is currently growing at a rate of 1-2 centimetres per year.
One of the saltiest bodies of water in the world is the Red Sea, for a variety of reasons.
Low precipitation and high evaporation It has a slender southern link to the Gulf of Aden, an arm of the Indian Ocean, and no large rivers or streams flow into the sea.
The Red Sea is a crucial commerce waterway that connects Europe and Asia (through Suez Canal).
Six countries border the Red Sea namely Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti.
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