🗾A strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water.
🗺Strait of Hormuz
▪️ It is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
▪️ It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points.
🗺 Bosphorus Strait
▪️ It is a natural strait connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
▪️It has huge strategic significance.
▪️ Bosphorus strait separates the European part from the Asian part of Istanbul (Turkey).
🗺Strait of Malacca
▪️ Strait of Malacca, waterway connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean).
▪️It runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia to the east.
🗺Sunda Strait
▪️ The Sunda Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
▪️ It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.
▪️ Anak Krakatau, volcano which erupted recently is located on this strait.
🗺Bass Strait
▪️ Bass Strait, channel separating Victoria, Australia, from the island of Tasmania on the south.
▪️ Connecting Tasman sea on the west and Indian Ocean in the east.
🗺Cook Strait
▪️ Cook Strait is a strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
▪️ It connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast, and runs next to the capital city, Wellington and Pictorial.
