Red Sea

In News

• Yemen’s Houthis criticised a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea.

About Red Sea

• Location
  • The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
• Borders
  • 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).
  • The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east.
• Biodiversity
  • The Red Sea also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals.
• Topography
  • The Red Sea was formed by the Arabian Peninsula being split from the Horn of Africa by movement of the Red Sea Rift.
  • The Red Sea is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, owing to high evaporation and low precipitation; no significant rivers or streams drain into the sea.
• Trade
  • The Red Sea is part of the sea roads between Europe, the Persian Gulf and East Asia, and as such has heavy shipping traffic.

Source:TH