- The Persian Gulf is a sea located in Western Asia, between Iran to the northeast, Iraq and Kuwait to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the southwest, Qatar and Bahrain to the west, and the United Arab Emirates and Oman to the southeast.
- It is an arm of the Arabian Sea and is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the southeast.
- The Persian Gulf is an important shipping route and a major source of crude oil.
The Red Sea
- The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
- The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden.
- To the north, the sea has two branches: the Gulf of Suez, leading to the Suez Canal, and the Gulf of Aqaba, between the Arabian Peninsula and the Sinai Peninsula.
- It is the northernmost part of the Indian Ocean and is the second-longest saltwater inlet in the world.