Red sea water

From Glossary of Meteorology



Red Sea Water

A Mediterranean Water mass originating in the Red Sea, where it has a temperature of 22°C and a salinity above 39 psu.

It spreads, much diluted, at a depth between 600 and 800 m in the Arabian Sea and is found at a depth between 1000 and 1100 m south of Madagascar.


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