The Red Sea is the only enclosed coral sea in the world
It is the saltiest living sea in the world, with 41 parts of salt per 1,000 parts water
It is also the warmest on average, ranging from 19ºC to 30ºC
More than 1,000 species of fish live in it – more than in any other body of water of comparable size
The sea stretches 2,250km from the Suez Canal in the north to Yemen in the south
It is up to 350km wide and has more than 2,000km of fringing reefs
The sea grows wider by half an inch each year
