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The Red Sea, an extension of the Indian Ocean, is generally saltier and less nutrient-rich than the Mediterranean, an extension of the Atlantic Ocean, so Red Sea species, able to tolerate harsh environments, have advantages over Atlantic species in the conditions of the Eastern Mediterranean. Accordingly, most migrations between the two bodies ...
Impact of Red Sea Fish Migrants through the Suez Canal on the Aquatic Environment of the Eastern Mediterranean, Yale FE&S Bulletin 103. Tortonese E (1966). "Echinoderms from the coast of Lebanon".
Annotated view of the Nile and Red Sea, with a dust storm, viewed from the International Space Station [26] This video over the south-eastern Mediterranean Sea and down the coastline of the Red Sea was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station. The Red Sea is between arid land, desert and semi-desert. Reef ...
The Suez Canal (/ ˈ s uː. ɛ z /; Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
Its connection to the Red Sea remained open until 767, when it was closed to stop supplies reaching Mecca and Medina, which were in rebellion. [14] The canal's remaining section near the Nile, known as the Khalij , continued to serve a local function as part of Cairo's water infrastructure up until the late 1890s, when it was completely filled ...
On Monday, Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafi said a huge wave had struck the boat causing it to capsize, according to survivors’ accounts. ... but that was for the Red Sea and the Mediterranean generally.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the Red Sea and for an attempt to attack Israel with drones. MSC ...
The Bab-el-Mandeb acts as a strategic link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Most exports of petroleum and natural gas from the Persian Gulf that transit the Suez Canal or the SUMED Pipeline pass through both the Bab el-Mandeb and the Strait of Hormuz. [4]