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Wetlands of Yemen (1 C) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Yemen" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Gulf of Aden (Arabic: خليج عدن; Somali: Gacanka Cadmeed) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, the Socotra Archipelago, Puntland in Somalia and Somaliland to the south. [2]
Yemen is the sixth most water stressed country in the world. Yemen is subject to sandstorms and dust storms, resulting in soil erosion and crop damage. The country has very limited natural freshwater and consequently inadequate supplies of potable water. Desertification (land degradation caused by aridity) and overgrazing are also problems. [3]
The British presence continued until 1967 when the island became part of the People's Republic of South Yemen. Before the handover, the British government had put forward before the United Nations a proposal for the island to be internationalized [ 11 ] [ 12 ] as a way to ensure the continued security of passage and navigation in the Bab-el ...
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 ...
Al-Yamda Airlines was the official carrier of South Yemen, ... The city of Aden is a coastal city, as it overlooks a large body of water, the Gulf of Aden, which in ...
The Guardafui Channel (Arabic: مضيق غواردافوي, Somali: Marinka Gardafuul) is an oceanic strait off the tip of the Horn of Africa that lies between the Puntland region of Somalia and the Socotra governorate of Yemen to the west of the Arabian Sea. [1] It connects the Gulf of Aden to the north with the Indian Ocean to the south.
In 2014, around 11.2 million people lacked access to "improved" water and around 11.5 million people were without access to "improved" sanitation in Yemen. [11] [1]Previously, in 2012, 55% of the total population had access to "improved" water, or 72% of the urban population and 47% of the rural population.