Bab al-Mandab site
The Bab al-Mandab Strait is located in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula and southwest of the continent of Africa. It is a corridor linking the northwest of the Red Sea with the southeast of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The length of the Bab al-Mandab Strait may reach about 32 kilometers, and it is divided into two channels of Brim Island; Where the length of the western channel is about 26 kilometers, while the eastern channel reaches a length of 3 kilometers. As for the term Bab al-Mandab Strait used, it means in Arabic the Gate of Tears; Because of the dangers that were encountered in navigation in the past.
The significance of Bab al-Mandab
The Bab al-Mandab Strait has gained great importance. This is because of its location on the sea lanes between Europe and the Indian Ocean, and it also acquired greater strategic importance after the establishment of the Suez Canal, the prosperity of the British Empire, and Europe’s recent dependence on oil coming from the Persian Gulf, and France and Britain were in competition for control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait; Because of its privileged and strategic location.
Other information about Bab el-Mandeb
There is a set of information about the Bab al-Mandab Strait, including the following:
- The Bab al-Mandab Strait is currently a route for non-oil ships to navigate. Which travels between the countries of the Middle East and the countries of the Mediterranean basin.
- The construction of a bridge called the Horn of Africa Bridge, on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, linking the coasts of Yemen and Djibouti, is one of the most important proposed projects.
- The climate of the Bab al-Mandab region is characterized by being hot and dry, with precipitation falling at a rate of less than 100 mm per year, and the highest temperatures may reach about 33 degrees Celsius.
- There are many birds that migrate to the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Mediterranean region. Including: the steppe eagle and the steppe hover, during the autumn season.
- There are so-called coral reefs along the coastline, in addition to the presence of rock outcroppings.
