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Their are several reasons, the first may be due to the difficulty in navigating this waterway which has seen many shipwrecks and the associated loss of life. The other possible reason is an old Arab legend which describes in antiquity, a great quake which killed untold thousands and divided Africa from Asia.
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What country is called gate of tears?
The country of Yemen is sometimes referred to as the "Gate of Tears" due to its location at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula overlooking the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, a historically significant maritime passage.
What is the name of the entrance to the red sea?
The Bab al Mandeb ("Gate of Scars") strait.
What is the straight between the red sea and gulf of Aden?
The straight between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is the Straight of Mandeb or in Arabic "Bab el Mandeb" (The Gated of Tears)
The choke point between Yemen and Djibouti?
Bab-el-Mandeb....The Bab-el-Mandeb (variously transliterated Mandabor Mandib, and with article "el-" given also as "al-", with or without connecting dashes) meaning "Gate of Tears" in Arabic (باب المندب), is a strait located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea, north of Somalia in the Horn of Africa, and connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. It is sometimes called the Mandab Strait in English.
What African country is located on the bab el mandeb strait at the mouth of the red sea?
There could be three answers to this question. The Bab-el-Mandeb meaning 'Gate of Scars' in Arabic, is a strait located between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in Africa.
What is the sraits of Bab-el-Mandeb?
what are the measurements from the sea level width and the depth of the strait of Bab el Mandeb. Is then shape of the opening tapperred like the Bosporus and the strait of Hurmoz
What is important about bab el mandeb?
The most important thing about Bab-el-Mandeb is it is the strategic link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This is located in the middle of Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula.
Which strait connects red sea and Indian ocean?
Bab-el-Mandeb
Do Bab-el-Mandeb water mix with red sea water?
no it does not mix.
What chokepoint is located near the country of Somalia?
Choke Point Bab el-Mandeb
Is bab el mandeb strait a choke point at the outlet of the Persian gulf?
NO. -Babel Mandeb has nothing whatever to do with Persian Gulf. It is at southern end of Red Sea.
This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait leading into the Red Sea?
Djibouti is a republic in northeastern Africa. It is strategically located at the strait of Bab el Mandeb, which links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
