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  Red Sea
The Red Sea (Bahr el-Ahmar or al-bahru l-'ahmar) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia.
In the north is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba[?] and the Suez Canal.
The sea floor has a maximum depth of 2,500 m in the central median trench and an average depth of 500 m, but it also has extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/re/Red_sea.html   (292 words)

  
 Red Sea
Sea between Africa and the Arabian peninsula, bordering Eritrea, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
To the north, the Red Sea connects to the Suez Gulf to the west of Sinai, and to Gulf of Aqaba to the east.
To the south, the Red Sea is connected to the Gulf of Aden, which is part of the Arabian Sea.
i-cias.com /e.o/red_sea.htm   (167 words)

  
 FRONTLINE/WORLD . Sudan - The Quick and the Terrible . Facts and Stats | PBS
Sudan has an estimated population of 39 million, 52 percent of which are fl, and 39 percent Arab.
In Sudan, "Arab" is an ethnic and cultural term, typically referring to those who can trace their ancestry to the original inhabitants of the Arabian peninsula and whose mother tongue is Arabic.
Darfur is a region in western Sudan, abutting Chad and the Central African Republic.
www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/sudan/facts.html   (1364 words)

  
 Embassy of Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Republic of the Sudan is regarded as the largest state in Africa, covering an area of about one million square miles.
Sudan borders the Central African Republic and Chad to the West, Libya and Egypt to the North, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the East, Kenya, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo to the South.
The Red Sea: The Surface of the Red Sea represent one eight of one percent of the world ocean, it is along narrow marine basin extending from Bab Al-Mandab North wards to the Southern tip of the Sinnai Penisula.
www.sudanembassy.org /default.asp?page=traveltourism   (483 words)

  
 Red Sea Diving Holidays - The ultimate red sea liveaboard holiday on the Don Questo ship
The Red Sea offers a seascape which is unquestionably one of the most beautiful in the world and Port Sudan is famous for its rich sea life.
The Red Sea according to Peter Kemp and his trip to Sudan.
A short boat trip out of Port Sudan takes you to the wreck of the 'Umbria' which is a big passenger and argo ship lying perfectly preserved in the sea along with its cargo of 300,000 bombs.
www.redseadives.com   (310 words)

  
 The Sea Slug Forum - Haminoea cyanomarginata
It is probable that this a lessepsian migrant which has entered the Mediterranean from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal.
However its distribution is known from two records - the original description from Sudan, and the message here from Turkey - so it is difficult to be sure, until we have a better idea of its geographical distribution,, whether it originated in the Indo-West Pacific or the Mediterranean.
• Heller & Thompson, T.E. 1983 Opisthobranch molluscs of the Sudanese Red Sea.
www.seaslugforum.net /factsheet.cfm?base=hamicyan   (308 words)

  
 Diving World | Diving holidays in Sudan | Red Sea Diving Holidays | Liveaboards in Sudan | Sherazade | Elegante | ...
The experience which was acquired from their long standing and unwavering presence from diving the Sudan has now evolved in the design and construction of a state of the art steel hulled vessel built to International ocean going specifications (Bureau Veritas), offering modern navigation and comfort never before available in the Sudan.
Sudan's climate ranges from tropical to continental while most of the northern half of the country experiences a desert climate.
Rising from depths of 800m, the outer drop-offs boast caves and gullies, and one of the richest displays of soft coral in the Red Sea.
www.diving-world.com /redsea-sudan.html   (1862 words)

  
 Sudan scuba diving
Sudan’s share of the Red Sea coast is approx.
Port Sudan is the best place to use as a base (with due care) and local hotels and dive shops can make the necessary arrangements for diving.
It is important to notice that because of the extreme difficulty of provisioning a boat in Sudan with extras like air-conditioning, this may not be functioning due to breakdowns or a limited fuel supply.
www.sportextreme.com /phdico252   (831 words)

  
 Red Sea (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Red Sea (Arabic: البحر الأحمر; transliterated: al-Bahr al-Ahmar) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan.
It has an area of 218,887 km² and an estimated population of approximately 700,000 (2000).
Port Sudan is the capital of the state.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Sea,_Sudan   (122 words)

  
 Sudan, Red Sea - Technical Dive Sites and Wrecks
This is the most northerly of the reefs visited by the day boats in Sudan, it is here that the wreck of the Blue Belt lies, she is a fairly modern freighter.
The bow is at 15m and the stern lies in 70m, watch out for Tiger sharks who are known to inhabit the deeper parts of the wreck.
This reef is the last resting place of the wreck of the Umbria, to divers a name nearly as famous as the Thistlegorm.
www.emperordivers.com /techdiving/tek_sites_sudan.php   (282 words)

  
 Sudan Red Sea News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Diplomats from the British consulate in the Red Sea port of Jeddah are at the scene...
bordered in the north and west by Sudan, in the south by Ethiopia and Djibouti, and in the east by the Red...
Russian border is Europe, and that the Red Sea and the Mediterranean separate Asia from Africa...
www.einnews.com /sudan/newsfeed-red-sea   (1183 words)

  
 The Sudan - An Introduction
Situated in northeast Africa, the Sudan is the largest country on the continent.
The greatest part of Sudan is vast plain traversed by the northward flowing Nile River and its tributaries.
The dominating geographical feature of Sudan is the Nile River, formed near Khartoum by the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile Rivers.
www.africaguide.com /country/sudan/index.htm   (163 words)

  
 Scuba Diving Liveaboards Cruises in Sudan
Sudan is the biggest country in Africa, bordered by Egypt in the north, and Ethiopia and Erythrea in the south, and is one of the most pristine diving destinations on earth today.
Sudan is one of the birth place of very ancient civilization and its mainly rural population is extremely welcoming and eager to meet with foreigners as they have been deprived for years of external contact, situation which is actually improving.
For many of the veterans Red Sea divers, it was like diving the previous places in the late 70's early 80's before tourism "boomed" in Egypt.
www.worldliveaboards.com /sudan.htm   (688 words)

  
 Dive Global Destination :: The Red Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Red Sea is a branch of the Indian Ocean, beginning at the straits of Bab El Mandab, between Yemen and Ethiopia, and then climbing northwest to the point where the Sinai Peninsula divides it into two long narrow gulfs: Eilat and Suez.
Surrounded by vast deserts, the Red Sea expands 2000 km (1300 miles) from the north, the Gulf of Aqaba, to Bab El Mandeb in the south.
Without a doubt, the Red Sea with its well known tourism centers of Dahab, Hurghada, Sharm el Sheikh and the newly developed area of Marsa Alam and the Southern Red sea is one of the best diving destinations in the world.
www.diveglobal.com /explore_destinations/destinations/redsea.asp   (692 words)

  
 scuba diving Sudan, Red Sea, dive site directory
Sudan is the biggest country in Africa, located south of Egypt and north of Ethiopia.
Interestingly, the deepest part of the Red Sea is off of Port Sudan at a depth of 3040 metres.
Sudan is also not a good destination for non-divers, who would find very little to do as it is not well set up for tourists.
www.divesitedirectory.co.uk /red_sea_sudan.html   (826 words)

  
 Stop the War Against Sudan — Bridge News Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sudan is the largest country in Africa and 10th largest country in the world by land area.
Sudan is bounded to the north by Egypt, to the east by the Red Sea, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, to the south by Congo, Uganda and Kenya, to the west by Chad and the Central African Republic, and to the northwest by Libya.
Sudan has two distinct major cultures: Arabicized Black African Muslims (about 3/4 of the population) in the north; and non-Arabicized Black Africans (1/4 of the population), who are mostly Pagan/Animist with some Christians, in the south.
bridgenews.org /documents/roldesudan   (3472 words)

  
 Port Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Sudan (Arabic: بورتسودان‎) is the capital of the state of Red Sea in Sudan and has nearly 475,000 residents.
Located on the Red Sea, it is the Republic of Sudan's main port city.
Port Sudan has a near-desert climate, necessitating the acquisition of fresh water from Wadi Arba'at in the Red Sea Hills and from salt-evaporating pans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Sudan   (279 words)

  
 Sudan trip report on Amorina, Stefan's dive travel site
The reefs in Sudan where better than Egypt's in the 50's and 60's according to Cousteau and the mass tourism in Egypt has not improved the reefs in Egypt since then, but Sudan have had very little diving tourism so the reefs and the fishes living on them are much better preserved than Egypt's.
There are not many liveaboards that sail in Sudan, there is one from Sweden called Amorina that have a few trips there every year and I had been in Egypt with that boat before so I decided that I would take it.
We saw all the common reef fishes from Egypt, blue spotted sting ray, red tooth trigger fish, titan trigger fish, white tipped reef sharks, masked butterfly fish, two banded anmonfish, but I think that all fishes where larger and they had more of them in Sudan than what you seen in Egypt.
home.swipnet.se /divetravel/sudan98.html   (831 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudan SPLM chief expresses sympathy with eastern rebellion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ASMARA, June 22 (AFP) — The chief of southern Sudan’s ex-rebel movement has expressed sympathy with armed dissidents who launched their first offensive against government troops in eastern Sudan’s Red Sea state at the weekend.
Garang, the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) which signed a peace deal with Khartoum in January, appeared to refer to meetings on drafting an interim constitution being held in the Sudanese capital.
Sudan has repeatedly accused Eritrea of backing numerous Sudanese rebel factions while Asmara claims Khartoum is engaged in persecuting its nationals in Sudan.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10309   (397 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudan denies bombing in Red Sea state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
KHARTOUM, June 24 (AFP) — Sudan dismissed Friday as "unfounded" claims by rebels that it carried out an aerial bombing campaign in eastern Red Sea state that resulted in many civilian casualties.
Two rebel groups in the region had said that the government has launched an intensive aerial bombing campaign on civilian targets in eastern Red Sea and accused it of pursuing a policy similar to that used in the troubled western Darfur region.
The groups, which attacked government positions south of Port Sudan Sunday and claim to have made significant advances since, said the bombing began in the Barka Valley on Thursday.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10355   (362 words)

  
 Scuba Travel - Sudan Diving
Sudan is the largest country on the African continent with 39 million people of a bewildering variety of ethnic groups and religions.
Nether the less there is still some 400 miles of largely uninhabited and barren coastline bordering the Red Sea.
Diving in the Sudan is widely regarded as the best in the Red Sea and indeed rates as one of the top destinations worldwide.
www.scuba.co.uk /Travel/Red_Sea/Sudan/sudanhome.htm   (250 words)

  
 Diving Report on Pegasus in Red Sea
The liveaboard Pegasus was owned by Emperor Divers, a UK-based Red Sea diving operation who has all but one of their boats in the Red Sea of Egypt.
Sudan is a very poor country and I do not think it was a coincidence that as an American I was targeted for theft of my video system.
The Red Sea is tremendously popular with Europeans, and Sudan is a great way to escape the crowds of the more northern Red Sea areas.
www.undercurrent.org /subscribers/UCnow/RRpt.php?ukeyg=041208000730602   (795 words)

  
 Sudan Red Sea liveaboard scuba diving holidays
The best time to visit Sudan is between August and June, July to September is to hot and humid.
Sailing the waters of the Sudan from Port Sudan will take you to the very best dive spots in the Red Sea.
Diving this region of the Red Sea is more like diving Maldives than you may know it from Sharm or Hurghada.
www.scuba-diving-safaris.co.uk /destinations/sudan/sudan.htm   (738 words)

  
 Sudan
The Republic of the Sudan joined the United Nations on the 12th of November of 1956.
Sudan Profile english - Info on the development of Sudan mining sector and its contribution to the economy; Showing the main roads, railways, airports, lakes, rivers, towns and cities, and a link to a map of the administrative divisions., news and more
Sudan Ministry of External Relations english - Established in January 1956 when Sudan attained independence, the Ministry of External relations is entrusted with the conduct of the country's foreign policy and the management of its relations with othe countries
www.tuttinsieme.it /tutti/tut/af/sudan/sudan.htm   (507 words)

  
 Royal Emperor Live-aboard, Sudan Red Sea liveaboard boat
She is the first, high specification, steel boat to operate in the Sudan.
Departing from Port Sudan and diving Wingate Reef, Sanganeb, Sha'ab Rumi, Sha'ab Su'adi, angarosh, Abington, Merlo and Ma'Sharriff.
This reef is a kind of seamount and the bottom of the sea surrounding this reef is at 450 meter.
www.aquatours.com /liva/royalemperor.htm   (1427 words)

  
 Diving World Red Sea - Sudan itinerary
The exploration of the underwater world present in the Sudan seas has caught the imagination of divers since the time of Cousteau and other international pioneers, like Hans Hass, who came here to set up their scientific and cinematic expeditions bringing back with them extraordinary images and information about these depths.
There is no organized tourism in the Sudan or any tourist office capable of satisfying the demands of underwater diving enthusiasts, so the only way to do any underwater exploring in these parts is by embarking on a cruise.
It was at the entrance of the pass to this enormous circular reef that, in 1964, Cousteau began his Pre-Continent II experiment.
www.divingworldredsea.com /english/liveaboard/Sudan.htm   (216 words)

  
 Dive Global Destination :: Southern Red Sea
Zabargad is certainly one of the most spectacular dive sites in the Red Sea.
If you are going to do any land exploration (and how do you visit the Red Sea without at least a peek at the pyramids), the tradeoff for warm water is hot weather.
The Red Sea: Coral Kingdom at the Desert's Edge, David Doubilet and Andrea Ghisotti
www.diveglobal.com /explore_destinations/destinations/redsea/southern_redsea.asp   (858 words)

  
 Scuba Diving Egypt liveaboards MV/Ghazala Voyager Red Sea Sudan Thailand Phuket
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Scuba diving in Egypt Ghazala Voyager is a luxury diving liveaboards Motor Yacht especially designed and built as a live-aboard scuba diving offers their passengers a successful combination of pure comfort in living and a unique diving experience.
On Ghazala Voyager liveaboards red sea Egypt, customers will enjoy the spacious comfort of the 25 meter/83 feet length and 3 deck levels.
amrnour.com /egypt.htm   (264 words)

  
 The UNESCO Regional Office in the Arab States of the Gulf
The project document is a direct outcome of the above mission to Sudan, which followed a request of the Sudanese National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, and the Sudanese Embassy in Doha, Qatar.
The document was authored by Thabit Zahran Abdessalaam, Director of the Marine Environmental Research Centre at ERWDA (Abu Dhabi), and Benno Boer.
A second fact-finding mission on the utilisation of saline soils, saline water and cash crop halophytes in Sudan is currently being prepared.
www.unesco.org /doha/science/sudan.htm   (189 words)

  
 Red Sea Diving with Emperor - dive resorts, liveaboards and scuba schools
Red Sea Diving with Emperor - dive resorts, liveaboards and scuba schools
Emperor Divers believes in sharing our Red Sea experience with everyone in a safe, professional and environmentally friendly way.
From 'Having a go' to advanced diver training, choose the Red Sea's premier PADI training centres.
www.emperordivers.com   (242 words)

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