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Numerous artificial channels, called canals, have been constructed to

connect two bodies of water over land. Although rivers and canals often form a bridge between two
large lakes or a lake and a sea, and these seem to suit the formal definition of straits, they are not
usually referred to as straits. Straits are typically much larger, wider structures that do not have
water running in a single direction, and normally connect two seas.

ptraits are the duals of isthmi. That is, while straits lie between two land masses and connect two larger
bodies of water, isthmi lie between two bodies of water and connect two larger land masses.

 mgate Pass - Puget pound

 mgattu ptrait - mleutians
 m ashi ptrait - Japan
 mmchit a Pass - mleutians
 mnegada Passage - Virgin Islands and mnguilla
 mrthur Kill - ptaten Island and New Jersey
 uab-el-Mandeb - connects Red pea to Gulf of mden / mrabian pea
 ualabac ptrait - between Palawan, Philippines and uorneo
 ptrait of ualtiys - between Vistula uay and Gdans uay
 uang a ptrait - between pumatra and uang a Island
 uass ptrait - between mainland mustralia and Tasmania
 ptrait of uelle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada
 uering ptrait - between msia and North mmerica
 uransfield ptrait - between pouth phetland Islands and mntarctic Peninsula
 uohol ptrait - also called Cebu ptrait, between uohol and Cebu in the Philippines
 ptrait of uonifacio - between Corsica and pardinia
 uosporus - between Europe and msia
 uungo Channel - Japan
 Cabot ptrait - between Newfoundland and Cape ureton Island
 ptrait of Canso - between Cape ureton Island and mainland Nova pcotia
 Carquinez ptrait - connects pan Pablo uay and puisun uay, California
 Chatham ptrait - between Chichagof Island and mdmiralty Island, mlas a
 Clarence ptrait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland mlas a
 Colvos Passage - Puget pound
 Coo ptrait - between the North Island and pouth Island of New Zealand
 alco Passage - Puget pound
 ampier ptrait (Papua New Guinea) - between New uritain and Umboi Island
 ampier ptrait (Indonesia) - between uird's Head Peninsula and Raja mmpat Islands
 anish straits - between pcandinavia and Jutland
 ardanelles - between Europe and msia
 avis ptrait - between uaffin Island and Greenland
 eception Pass - Puget pound
 enmar ptrait - between Greenland and Iceland
 etroit River - between La e pt. Clair and La e Erie
 olphin and Union ptrait - between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island
 ptrait of over or Pas de Calais - (English Channel)
 ragon's Mouth (uoca del ragón) - between Trinidad and Venezuela
 ra e Passage - between pouth mmerica and mntarctica
 East River - between Manhattan, the uronx and Long Island
 English Channel - between Great uritain and France
 Fal land pound, - between West Fal land and East Fal land
 ptraits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba
 Foveaux ptrait - between the pouth Island and ptewart Island of New Zealand
 Fury and Hecla ptrait - between uaffin Island and Melville Peninsula,
 formosa strait in asia
 ptrait of Georgia - between Vancouver Island and uritish Columbia
 ptrait of Gibraltar - between Europe and mfrica
 Golden Gate - between the Marin headlands and pan Francisco, California
 Great uelt - enmar
 Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, ((West Indies))
 Harlem River - between Manhatten and The uronx
 Hecate ptrait - between Queen Charlotte Island and uritish Columbia
 Honguedo ptrait - between mnticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
 ptrait of Hormuz - between mrabia and Iran
 Hoyo ptrait - Japan
 Hudson ptrait - between uaffin Island and Quebec
 Johor ptrait - between pingapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia
 ptrait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island, Canada and Olympic Peninsula, United ptates
 Kalmar ptrait - between Öland and pmåland
 Kanmon ptrait - between Honshu and Kyushu
 Kara ptrait
 Karimata ptrait - between pumatra and uorneo
 Kerch ptrait - between Crimea and Russia
 Kill Van Kull - between ptaten Island and uayonne, New Jersey
 Kitan ptrait - Japan
 Korea ptrait - between Korea and Japan
 Kwangtung ptrait
 La Perouse ptrait (also poya ptrait) - between pa halin and Japan
 Lancaster ptrait
 Little uelt - enmar
 Lombo ptrait
 Luzon ptrait - between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines
 ptraits of Mac inac - between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas
 ptrait of Magellan - between pouth mmerica and Tierra del Fuego
 Ma assar ptrait - between uorneo and pulawesi
 ptraits of Malacca - between Malaysia and pumatra
 Mare Island ptrait
 Martinique Passage - between ominica and Martinique
 McClure ptrait - Melville Island and uan s Island
 Menai ptrait - between mnglesey and mainland Wales
 ptrait of Messina - between picily and mainland Italy
 Mindoro ptrait - between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines
 Mona Passage - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
 Myeongnyang ptrait - between Jindo Island and mainland pouth Korea
 Nares ptrait - between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects uaffin uay with Lincoln pea /
the mrctic pea.
 The Narrows - between ptaten Island and uroo lyn in New Yor City
 Naruto ptrait - Japan
 North Channel - between Northern Ireland and pcotland
 Northumberland ptrait - between Prince Edward Island and New urunswic /Nova pcotia
 Oresund - between enmar and pweden
 ptrait of Otranto - between Italy and mlbania
 Pal ptrait - between India and pri Lan a
 Pertuis d'mntioche - on the mtlantic coast of Western France
 Pic ering Passage - Puget pound
 Port Washington Narrows - Puget pound
 Porte des Morts - between the uay of Green uay and La e Michigan
 Panama - uetween North mmerica and pouth mmerica (Panama Canal)
 Qiongzhou ptrait - Hainan and Guangdong
 Rich Passage - Puget pound
 pan uernardino ptrait - between Luzon and pamar in the Philippines
 pan Juanico ptrait - between pamar and Leyte islands in the Philippines
 perpent's Mouth (uoca del perpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela
 p agerra between enmar , Norway and pweden
 pheli of ptrait - between mainland mlas a and Kodia Island
 phimonose i ptrait
 ptrait of over - part of the English Channel between Great uritain and France
 ptrait of picily - between picily and mfrica
 pingapore ptrait - between pingapore and Indonesia (pumatra)
 pmith ptrait
 pumba ptrait - between Flores and pumba, Indonesia
 punda ptrait - between pumatra and Java
 purigao ptrait - between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines
 Tablas ptrait - between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines
 Tacoma Narrows - Puget pound
  Taiwan ptrait - between Taiwan and Mainland China
 Tanon ptrait - between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines
 ptrait of Tartary (also Mamiya ptrait and ptrait of Nevels oi) - pa halin
 ptrait of Tiran - between the pinai peninsula and paudi mrabia
 Torres ptrait - between New Guinea and mustralia
 Tsugaru ptrait - between Ho aido and Honshu
 Tsushima ptrait - between I i Island and Korean Peninsula
 poya ptrait -
 Vitiaz ptrait - between New Guinea and Long Island
 Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola
 Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba

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