A strait is a landform connecting two seas or two water basins. While the landform generally constricts the flow, the surface water still flows, for the... 5 KB (646 words) - 14:21, 26 February 2024 |
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is credited for pioneering... 86 KB (7,557 words) - 02:13, 9 April 2024 |
The Strait of Hormuz (/hɔːrˈmuːz/ Persian: تنگهٔ هُرمُز Tangeh-ye Hormoz listen, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a strait between the Persian Gulf... 61 KB (6,137 words) - 09:12, 26 April 2024 |
Indigenous Australians (redirect from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) the Torres Strait Islanders of the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea, located in Melanesia. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples... 318 KB (29,378 words) - 11:27, 14 April 2024 |
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents... 29 KB (3,065 words) - 21:53, 22 April 2024 |
The Qiongzhou Strait, also called the Hainan Strait, is the Chinese strait that separates Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula from the island province of Hainan... 4 KB (298 words) - 21:36, 19 October 2022 |
The Palk Strait (Tamil: பாக்கு நீரிணை Pākku Nīriṇai, Sinhala: පෝක් සමුද්ර සන්ධිය Pok Samudra Sandhiya) is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India... 10 KB (931 words) - 20:58, 31 March 2024 |
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 500 mi (800 km) long and from 40 to 155 mi (65–250 km) wide, between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular... 23 KB (2,243 words) - 23:33, 23 April 2024 |
Steven Strait (born March 23, 1986) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring as Warren Peace in the adventure film Sky High (2005)... 9 KB (699 words) - 19:49, 31 March 2024 |
The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer (110 mi; 97 nmi)-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and Asian continent. The strait is part of the South... 23 KB (2,114 words) - 22:51, 3 April 2024 |
129°47′48″E / 34.59944°N 129.79667°E / 34.59944; 129.79667 The Korea Strait is a sea passage in East Asia between Korea and Japan, connecting the East... 11 KB (1,017 words) - 11:48, 6 March 2024 |
Bosporus (redirect from Bosphorus Strait) Bosphorus Strait (/ˈbɒspərəs, ˈbɒsfərəs/ BOSS-pər-əs, BOSS-fər-əs; Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı, lit. 'Istanbul strait', colloquially Boğaz) is a natural strait and... 56 KB (5,897 words) - 09:51, 16 April 2024 |
Dardanelles (redirect from Dardanelles Strait) Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, lit. 'Strait of Çanakkale'; Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, romanized: Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli... 27 KB (2,995 words) - 02:06, 10 April 2024 |
The Myeongnyang Strait (also known as Uldolmok Strait; meaning Screaming Strait), just off the southwest corner of South Korea, separates Jindo Island... 3 KB (280 words) - 17:52, 26 October 2023 |
The Taiwan Strait Crises refers to conflicts involving the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955)... 412 bytes (76 words) - 20:04, 2 March 2024 |
La Pérouse Strait (Russian: пролив Лаперуза), or Sōya Strait (Japanese: 宗谷海峡), is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin... 5 KB (521 words) - 08:18, 18 April 2024 |
Badung Strait is a strait on the south east side of Bali in Indonesia. It lies between the islands of Bali and Nusa Penida. It is about 60 km long and... 3 KB (152 words) - 02:06, 5 April 2023 |
The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's... 47 KB (5,043 words) - 13:25, 13 April 2024 |
Tsushima Strait (対馬海峡, Tsushima Kaikyō) or Eastern Channel (동수로 Dongsuro) is a channel of the Korea Strait, which lies between Korea and Japan, connecting... 8 KB (1,097 words) - 02:19, 29 March 2024 |
Cebu Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Cebú; also Bohol Strait) is a strait in the Central Visayas region in the Philippines. The Cebu Strait (and its 3 channels... 2 KB (147 words) - 09:51, 1 December 2023 |