Collected on Feb, 21 2010 by Xsio Ching Lao.

Collection Details:

1. Collected at Mt Siung Pier, China
   

2. 16° 28’ N - 111° 35’ E
   

3. Salinity: 223 ppm
   

4. PH 7.5
   

5. Total Dissolved Solids: 32.4 ppb
   

6. Specific Gravity: 1021

The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba) and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion.

Occupying a part of the Great Rift Valley, the Red Sea has a surface area of about 174,000 square miles (450,000 km2): being roughly 1,200 miles (1,900 km) long and, at its widest point, over 190 miles (300 km) wide. It has a maximum depth of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) in the central median trench and an average depth of 1,640

feet (500 m), but there are also extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species and 200 soft and hard corals and is the world's most northern tropical sea.

1. South China Sea
   

2. Caribbean Sea
   

3. Red Sea
   

4. Mediterranean Sea
   

5. Bering Sea
   

6. Black Sea
   

7. Dead Sea
   

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