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The planned Red Sea–Dead Sea Canal, shown in red, would have lain entirely in Jordan and would have been implemented by Jordan. The Red Sea–Dead Sea Conveyance (RSDSC), sometimes called the Two Seas Canal, was a planned pipeline to run from the coastal city of Aqaba by the Red Sea to the Lisan area in the Dead Sea. Its abandonment was ...
The Red Sea water mass-exchanges its water with the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden. These physical factors reduce the effect of high salinity caused by evaporation in the north and relatively hot water in the south. [27] The climate of the Red Sea is the result of two monsoon seasons: a northeasterly monsoon and a southwesterly ...
The proposed Red Sea–Dead Sea Water Conveyance. In May 2009 at the World Economic Forum, Jordan introduced plans for a "Jordan National Red Sea Development Project" (JRSP). This is a plan to convey seawater from the Red Sea near Aqaba to the Dead Sea. Water would be desalinated along the route to provide fresh water to Jordan, with the brine ...
The Safi-Aqaba Highway is a highway on the Jordan side of the Jordan–Israel border. Totaling 187 kilometres (116 mi) in length, it connects Safi, on the south end of the Dead Sea, with Aqaba, on the north end of the Red Sea. RSEA started the project in 1974 and finished it in 1977. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. Large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea Gulf of Aqaba Gulf of Eilat خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة (Arabic) מפרץ אילת (Hebrew) The Sinai Peninsula with the Gulf of Aqaba to the east and the Gulf of Suez to the west Gulf of Aqaba Location West Asia Coordinates 28°45′N ...
Attacks by Iran-backed militants in the Red Sea have effectively closed one of the world’s main trade routes to most container ships — vessels that carry everything from car parts to Crocs ...
The Sea Story had been carrying 46 people when it sank in the early hours of 25 November last year - four bodies were recovered and seven people are still missing, including two British divers.
View of Aqaba One of the many resorts in the city Shatt Al-Ghandour gardens The Red Sea Summit in Aqaba in 2003. Benefiting from its location and status as Jordan's special economic zone, Aqaba's economy is based on the tourism and port industry sectors. [4] [7] The economic growth in Aqaba is higher than the average economic growth in the ...