What is Red Sea?

The Red Sea is like a giant bathtub filled with salty water that connects two big land areas.

Imagine you have a toy boat and you put it in your bathtub, that’s kind of what happens in the Red Sea, but way bigger. It's between Africa and Asia, so when you look at a map, it looks like a long red stripe, that’s where the name comes from!

The water in the Red Sea is warm, almost like the water in your bath when you turn on the hot tap. That makes it feel cozy for fish and other sea creatures who live there.

Sometimes, the Red Sea can look red, not always, but sometimes, because of tiny living things called algae that give it a reddish color. It's like when you mix red food coloring into your bathwater; it turns pink or red, depending on how much you use.

The Red Sea is also very important because ships sail through it to carry people and stuff from one place to another, just like toy boats in your bathtub!