The Northern Red sea surrounded by the world's largest expanses of sand is also known as the underground Garden of Eden. The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The sea floor has a maximum depth of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) in the central median trench and an average depth of 1,640 feet (500 m), but it also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals the area is full of coral reef that glows yellow, orange, and light green. The area contains about 1,000 species of tropical fish and 400 species of coral reef. It also has a famous fish called the Bright Red Lionfish which is very poisonous owing to its dorsal spines.
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Though the name-Red Sea, but the colour of the water is not red It may be due to the seasonal blooms of the red colored cyanobacteria Trichodesmium erythraeum near the water surface. Some suggest that it refers to the mineral-rich red mountains nearby whose colours get reflected in the water.
The sun makes the Northern Red Sea turn different colors such as red, yellow, orange, and light green. The sea was also called the "Arabian Gulf" in most European sources up to the 20th century. |
The Scriptural references to the Gulf of Suez, on the north-east, are on the contrary both numerous and important, for it is the miraculous passage of that arm of the Red Sea which is described in Ex., xiv, celebrated in Moses' Canticle (Exodus 15), and repeatedly referred to in other parts of Holy Writ.
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| The sea is known for its spectacular dive sites such as Ras Mohammed, SS Thistlegorm (ship wreck), Elphinstone, The Brothers and Rocky Island in Egypt, Dolphin Reef in Eilat Israel and less known sites in Sudan such as Sanganeb, Abington, Angarosh and Shaab Rumi.
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Allwondersoftheworld.com describes about the Red Sea which is spread over a vast area ans consists of different coloured corals and sea animals.
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