Red Sea

The narrow seawater inlet between Africa and Arabia/Oceans & Seas

The Red Sea is a narrow body of water lying between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, connected to the Indian Ocean through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. It covers about 438,000 square kilometers with an average depth of 490 m and maximum depth of 3,040 m. The Red Sea is one of the world's warmest and saltiest bodies of seawater, and its extraordinary coral reefs support some of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems outside the Coral Triangle.