Somalia 's coastline consists of the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Guardafui Channel to the northeast and the Indian Ocean to the east. The total length of the coastline is approximately 3333 km, [1] giving the country the longest coastline on mainland Africa.

The Somali Sea (Somali: Badda Soomaaliyeed, Arabic: بحر الصومال ‎: Seychellois Creole: La lanmer Somali) is a marginal sea atween the eastren coast of Somalia and Seychelles.

It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Somali Sea and Guardafui Channel to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. With a land area of 637,657 square kilometers, Somalia's terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. [3] Its coastline is more than 3,333 kilometers in length, the longest of ...

Dec 16, 2023 · Longitudinally, Somalia is located entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere. It has land borders with only two countries; Kenya to the southwest and Ethiopia to the west. The Gulf of Aden forms Somalia's northern borders and the Somali Sea and Guardafui Channel bound it …

Somalia has the longest coastline on mainland Africa, [7] and some of the continent's richest fish stocks. [8] The abundance in fisheries in the area is a result of the coastal upwelling of cold nutrient-rich subsurface oceanic waters.

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What is the terrain and geography like in Somalia? Geography - note strategic location on Horn of Africa along southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and route through Red Sea and Suez Canal

The Somali Sea (Somali: Badda Soomaaliya) is a sea on the east coast of Somalia. It has the islands Jasiirada Chovaye, Jasiirada Chula, and Jasiirada Koyama.

The southern Somali coast, with that of Kenya and Tanzania, forms part of the Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem, encompassing 700 000 km 2, and extending 800 km between Dar es Salaam and Ras Hafun. Abundant biomass develops here due to upwelling.

Dec 2, 2023 · While orbiting over the Horn of Africa, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of Somalia’s northeast coast. The detailed image reveals a desert landscape etched by wind and water. Over time, streams have cut canyons into the earth.