Countries Surrounding the Red Sea:


RED SEA / āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°


About the Red Sea :: āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ :- 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 āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§° āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āφāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻ›āĻŋ⧟āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĨ¤ āχ āĻšā§ā§ąā§‡āϜ āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋ⧟āϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§° āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻĄā§‡āύ āωāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋ⧟āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤


Important Facts / āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ


• It lies between Africa and Asia. āχ āφāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻ›āĻŋ⧟āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


• It connects to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. āĻšā§ā§ąā§‡āϜ āĻ–āĻžāϞ⧰ āϜ⧰āĻŋ⧟āϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤


• It connects to the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden. āĻāĻĄā§‡āύ āωāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋ⧟āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤


• It is one of the saltiest seas in the world. āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ˛ā§ąāĻŖāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϟāĻžāĨ¤


• Known for warm water and coral reefs. āωāĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•’ā§°āĻžāϞ ā§°ā§€āĻĢā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤


• No major rivers flow into the Red Sea. āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĒ⧰⧇ āύāĻžāĻšā§‡āĨ¤


• Important for international trade and shipping routes. āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤


Countries Surrounding the Red Sea :: āϞāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


Mnemonic : “Y E S E D S”



  • Yemen

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Egypt

  • Eritrea

  • Djibouti

  • Sudan


Countries Surrounding the Gulf of Aden :: āĻāĻĄā§‡āύ āωāĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ“āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš



  • Djibouti

  • Somalia

  • Yemen


Countries in the Horn of Africa :: āĻšā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…ā§ą āφāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


• Eritrea
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Somalia


Tip / āϟāĻŋāĻĒāϚ



  • Red Sea + Suez Canal → Mediterranean Sea

  • Red Sea + Gulf of Aden → Indian Ocean