Strait

See also: Strait (homonymy)

A strait or not is a Arm of the sea narrow between two banks making communicate two seas. The straits are often the important ones of maritime transportation routes subjected to the geostrategic interests .

This term is at the origin of the name of the town of Détroit as well as Rivière Strait with the the United States.

A known strait: The Straits of Gibraltar which separates Africa and Spain Another: The Strait of the Bosphorus which separates the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea right beside the Mediterranean (it is right beside Istanbul in Turkey).

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