China ukuya kuLwandle oluBomvu yokuThumela

Indlela yoLwandle oluBomvu:Isiqwenga solwandle esimxinwa phakathi komntla-mpuma weAfrika kunye noSingasiqithi weArabia, ogubungela ummandla omalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-450,000 zesikweri seekhilomitha (174,000 yeekhilomitha). ULwandle oluBomvu lusuka eSuez, eYiputa, ukuya kutsho kumzantsi-mpuma weStraits of Bab al{5}}eMandeb, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-2,100 ubude. IBab-el{10}}iMandeb Strait iqhagamshela kwiGulf of Aden emva koko kuLwandle lwaseArabia. ULwandle Olubomvu luziikhilomitha ezingama-306 (iikhilomitha ezili-190) ububanzi kweyona ndawo yalo ibanzi.

Indlela yoLwandle oluBomvu yahlula iYiputa, iSudan, ne-Ethiopia kunxweme olusentshona ukusuka eSaudi Arabia naseYemen kunxweme olusempuma. Kwisiphelo esisemantla, uLwandle oluBomvu lwahlulwe lwaziinxalenye ezimbini: iGulf of Suez enganzulwanga kumntla-ntshona kunye neGulf of Aqaba emntla-mpuma.