Straits
Straits: see Dardanelles; Bosporus.
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- Bosporus - Bosporus Bosporus [Gr.,=ox ford, in reference to the story of Io], Turk. Boğaziçi, ...
- Dardanelles - Dardanelles Dardanelles or Çanakkale Boğazi, strait, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 ...
- Strait of Georgia - Georgia, Strait of Georgia, Strait of, channel, c.150 mi (240 km) long, between the mainland of ...
- Taiwan Strait - Taiwan Strait Taiwan Strait, Chinese Taiwan haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China's ...
- La Pérouse Strait - La Pérouse Strait La Pérouse Strait or Soya Strait, channel, 25 mi (40 km) wide, ...
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