Red Sea

Also known as Sinus Arabicus, The red sea, Al Baḩr al Aḩmar, Erythraean Sea, Arabian Gulf

seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean

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The Red Sea is a body of water with an elevation of 0 above sea level. It covers an area of 445816 and has a width of 355. The vertical depth of the sea is 3040.

In digital archives, the Red Sea is categorized under the Commons category "Red Sea" and has a corresponding Commons gallery. It is referenced by 5,899 other encyclopedia articles. On OpenStreetMap, the subject is associated with zoom level "5".

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The Red Sea is a sea 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 the north of the Red Sea lies the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez, which leads to the Suez Canal. It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Sea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.