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Which body of water lies between Saudi Arabia's western coast and Egypt's eastern coast?
Answer
Red Sea
The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea in the west and Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the east.
💡 Did you know?
The Red Sea is home to more than 1,200 species of fish, about 10 percent of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
Other options people guess
- Arabian Sea
- Persian Gulf
- Gulf of Aden
Topics
- seas
- middle-east
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