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In: Al-Sayari SS, Zötl JG (eds) Quaternary Period in Saudi Arabia. Springer, Vienna, pp 310–311 Hottinger L, Halicz E, Reiss Z (1993) Recent Foraminiferida, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Opera Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slovenica, Classis IV: Historia Naturalis 33, Paleontological Institute “Ivan Rakovec” International Hydrographic Organization (1953) Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edn. International Hydrographic Organization, PANGAEA, Bremerhaven Izzeldin YA (1987) Seismic, gravity and magnetic surveys in the central part of the Red Sea; their interpretation and implications for the structure and evolution of the Red Sea.
During the summer, north-westerly winds drive surface water south for about four months at a velocity of 15–20 cm s−1, whereas in winter the flow is reversed resulting in the inflow of water from the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea; the latter predominates, resulting in an overall drift to the northern end of the Red Sea. Generally, the velocity of the tidal current is between 50–60 cm s−1 with a maximum of 1 m s−1 at the entrance of the Al Kharrar lagoon, for example, where the thalweg is scoured resulting in a well-sorted sediment veneer (Rasul et al.
This peculiar protrusive shape of the edges of the plateau may well be connected with the fact that immediately east of Lake Tanganyka the sources of the Blue Nile are located, while the lake itself drains into the Congo River. A third prominent rift valley begins east of Lake Victoria, including Lake Rudolf farther north and turning near Abyssinia towards the northeast, where it continues on to the Red Sea on one side and the Gulf of Aden on the other. In the coastal region and in the interior of what was formerly German east Africa, these faults mostly take the form of step faults whose eastern side is downthrown.