UPSC Prelims 2024 Question:

Consider the following statements

1. The Red Sea receives very little precipitation in any form. 
2. No water enters the Red Sea from rivers.
   
   

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Explanation: 

Red Sea, narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea.

• The Red Sea contains some of the world’s hottest and saltiest seawater. With its connection to the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. Because, The Red Sea region receives very little precipitation in any form. So, statement 1 is correct.
  
  
• No water enters the Red Sea from rivers, and rainfall is scant; but the evaporation loss—in excess of 80 inches per year—is made up by an inflow through the eastern channel of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from the Gulf of Aden. So, statement 2 is correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography | Oceanography