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* synonymous with channel, passage, or pass
* 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
** implicit in the terminology is that the strait allows for navigation, or passage, from one larger body of water to another
* "strait comes from Old French "estreit" for "tight" or "narrow"
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* important straits and channels
* important straits and channels