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=== cape === | === cape === | ||
=== channel === | === channel === | ||
* synonymous with "strait" but usually referring to a smaller or less important strait | |||
** see strait below | |||
=== delta === | === delta === | ||
=== lake === | === lake === | ||
=== ocean === | === ocean === | ||
=== sea === | === sea === | ||
=== strait | === strait === | ||
a narrow body of water that connects larger bodies of water, or, a narrow channel that separates land masses | * a narrow body of water that connects larger bodies of water, or, a narrow channel that separates land masses | ||
* synonymous with channel, passage, or pass | |||
** implicit in the terminology is that the strait allows for navigation, or passage, from one larger body of water to another | |||
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* important straits and channels | * important straits and channels | ||
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* Strait of Gibraltar | * Strait of Gibraltar | ||
** connects Mediterranean Sea to Atlantic Ocean | ** connects Mediterranean Sea to Atlantic Ocean | ||
** ancient Greeks called | ** ancient Greeks called the promontories on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar the "Pillars of Hercules", which marked the passage from the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean | ||
* Strait of Magellan | * Strait of Magellan | ||
** connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | ** connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | ||
** the passageway near the southern tip of South America that was navigated by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who led the first expedition to circumnavigated the globe | ** the passageway near the southern tip of South America that was navigated by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who led the first expedition to circumnavigated the globe | ||
** the Strait of Magellan is not "straight" -- is actually a U-shaped pathway formed by the Tierra del Fuego archipelago (chain of islands) | |||
* Beagle Channel | * Beagle Channel | ||
** a second, less navigable passageway near the southern tip of South America that was navigated by Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle | ** a second, less navigable passageway near the southern tip of South America that was navigated by Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle | ||