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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 & channel ===
=== 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 it the "Pillars of Hercules"
** 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