Countries Surrounding the Red Sea:
RED SEA / āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻā§°
About the Red Sea :: āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ :- The Red Sea is a long, narrow body of water located between Africa and Asia. It connects the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean through the Gulf of Aden. āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋā§āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϏ⧰⧠āϏāĻžāĻā§°āĨ¤ āĻ āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĄā§āύ āĻāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
Important Facts / āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ
• It lies between Africa and Asia. āĻ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋā§āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
• It connects to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
• It connects to the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden. āĻāĻĄā§āύ āĻāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
• It is one of the saltiest seas in the world. āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻ˛ā§ąāĻŖāĻžāĻā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĨ¤
• Known for warm water and coral reefs. āĻāώā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āĻ’ā§°āĻžāϞ ā§°ā§āĻĢā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤
• No major rivers flow into the Red Sea. āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻā§°āϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻĻā§ āĻĒā§°ā§ āύāĻžāĻšā§āĨ¤
• Important for international trade and shipping routes. āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
Countries Surrounding the Red Sea :: āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
Mnemonic : “Y E S E D S”
- Yemen
- Saudi Arabia
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Sudan
Countries Surrounding the Gulf of Aden :: āĻāĻĄā§āύ āĻāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
- Djibouti
- Somalia
- Yemen
Countries in the Horn of Africa :: āĻšā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ ā§ą āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
• Eritrea
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Somalia
Tip / āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻ
- Red Sea + Suez Canal → Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea + Gulf of Aden → Indian Ocean