Crossword clues for red sea
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
the Greek thalassa erythra; the reason for the name is unknown; speculation has traced it to:
algae in coastal waters;
sandstone rock formations on the shores;
a tribal name;
ancient association of "red" with "south" (as "black" with "north").
Wikipedia
The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion. The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
The Red Sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 km (169,100 mi), is about 2250 km (1398 mi) long and, at its widest point, 355 km (220.6 mi) wide. It has a maximum depth of 2211 m (7254 ft) in the central median trench, and an average depth of 490 m (1,608 ft). However, there are also extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species, and 200 soft and hard corals. It is the world's northernmost tropical sea.
Red Sea ( ) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 212,800 km² and an estimated population of 1,396,000 (2010). Port Sudan is the capital of the state. Sudan claims, but does not control the Hala'ib Triangle, a region disputed between Sudan and Egypt. The original inhabitants of the State are the Beja Tribes, who constitute above 65% of the current population with lower wealth and power in the region.
Geographically, in the east, bordering the state, is the Red Sea. Inland, mountains run from north to south, which are interrupted by arid plains. To the northwest is the Nubian Desert. The Siyal Islands are located in the disputed area between Egypt and Sudan in the northeast.
The Sudanese state is divided into the eight administrative areas: Bur Sudan (Port Sudan), Gebiet Elma'din, Halayib, Haya, Sawakin, Sinkat, Gunob Awlieb, Derodieb, Tokar and Ageeg.
The Red Sea is a body of water between Africa and Asia.
Red Sea may also refer to:
- The Red Sea (EP), a 1999 EP by the band Isis
- Red Sea (Augustus Pablo album), 1998
- Red Sea, a 1972 album by Warhorse
- Red Sea (state), a state of Sudan, also adjacent to the Red Sea
- Red Sea Governorate, a governorate of Egypt, adjacent to the Red Sea
- The Red Sea, a nickname for Arrowhead Stadium
- Red Sea, a Christian band formed in 1994 (see Die Happy)
- Red Sea Trading Corporation, a company in Eritrea
- Air Djibouti, also known as Red Sea Airlines
- Red Sea, the file system from biblical themed operating system TempleOS
Red Sea is an album by Augustus Pablo released in 1998, containing material recorded between 1970 and 1973 and was produced by Herman Chin Loy. The music on the album is among the earliest instances of Pablo's revolutionary use of the melodica as a viable musical instrument. Chin Loy is often credited as being an influential figure in the discovery and nurturing of Pablo's talent.
Usage examples of "red sea".
It was the waters of the Red Sea, which the incline of the tunnel precipitated violently toward the Mediterranean.
Starting from the Red Sea, they followed the east coast, rounded the Cape, and sailed north along the west coast to the Mediterranean, reaching Egypt again in the third year of this enterprise.
As for the parting of the waters, it's generally agreed that the Hebrews didn't cross the Red Sea, but rather a Sea of Reeds in the northern part of the Egyptian Delta, along a well-known ancient route into Sinai and Palestine.
The thing ignored them, walking through the cleared space like some horrible null-light Moses crossing the Red Sea.
Thence I travelled with Arabs to the Red Sea, where wild men made a slave of me, and we were blown across the Indian Ocean to a beauteous island named Ceylon, in which all the folk are black.
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Remember how our fathers were saved at the Red Sea, when Pharaoh with his forces pursued them.
Then it overflowed into Asia and during the thirteen years of Alexander's reign he first brought under his power the whole of the Persian dominions, the extent of which was almost illimitable, and then he traversed Arabia and India up to where the Red Sea washes the remotest frontiers of the world.