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1930
km. long and 270,000 km. squared - is bordered
by Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Ethiopia, Yemen and Djibouti. Mount Sinai, 2285
km., is the highest peak. Its climate is equatorial
with temperatures ranging between 35 C and 41
C. water temperatures range between 18C and 21C
in winter, an 21C and 31.5C in the summer
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There
are over 1000 species of invertebrates and around
200 recorded coral types to be found. Moreover,
the Red Sea boasts over a thousand species of
fish, more species than any other proportional
body of water. Not surprisingly, therefore, the
Red Sea is considered by many to offer the very
best diving available in the marine world.
The Red Sea attracts divers, photographers,
marine scientists, and leisure seekers from
all over the world, hoping to experience
and explore the incalculable wonders of
the colorful, abounding marine life and
the Red Seas lavish coral reefs. In places,
the exceptional living reef stretches way
out to sea, forming a elaborate system of
caves,lagoons, gardens,and plateaus. Some
of these coral summits plunge dramatically
thousands of feet to the ocean
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