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    The document lists 20 major straits around the world, providing the name of each strait, the bodies of water it connects, and the land masses it separates. A strait is defined as a thin waterbody that connects two large water masses and separates two land masses. The major straits mentioned include the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, the English Channel between England and France, the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, and the Strait of Malacca between the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.

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    7/3/2020 General Knowledge - Major Straits - Tutorialspoint

    General Knowledge - Major Straits

    The following table enlists the major Straits* of the world −

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    Strait Connects Separates

    Bab-el-Mandeb Red Sea to Gulf of Yamen (Asia) from Djibouti &


    Aden Eritrea (Africa)

    Bass strait Pacific Ocean (No Tasmania from the Australian


    other water body) mainland

    Bering Strait Bering Sea (Pacific Russia from Alaska (USA)


    Ocean) to Chukchi
    Sea (Arctic Ocean)

    Bosphorus Strait Black Sea to Sea of Asian Turkey from European


    Marmara Turkey

    Cook Strait Pacific Ocean (No North Island from South Islands of
    other water body) New Zealand

    Davis strait Baffin Bay to Atlantic Greenland from Nunavut


    Ocean (Canada's Baffin Island)

    Denmark strait Atlantic Ocean (No Iceland from Greenland


    other water body)

    Dover strait English Channel & England from France


    North Sea

    English Channel North Sea & Atlantic England from France


    Ocean

    Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico to Florida (USA) from Cuba


    Atlantic Ocean

    Gibraltar Strait Atlantic Ocean to Spain (Europe) from Morocco


    Mediterranean Sea (Africa)

    Hormuz strait Gulf of Oman to UAE & Oman from Iran


    Persian Gulf

    Hudson strait Atlantic Ocean to Baffin Island from Quebec (in


    Hudson Bay Canada)

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    Magellan strait Pacific Ocean to Mainland South America from


    Atlantic Ocean north and Tierra del Fuego to the
    south (South America)

    Malacca Strait South China Sea to Malay Peninsula from Indonesian


    Andaman Sea island

    Mozambique Strait Indian Ocean (No Madagascar from Mozambique


    other water body)

    Palk Strait Bay of Bengal to Gulf India from Sri Lanka


    of Mannar

    Sunda Strait Indian Ocean to Java Islands of Java from Sumatra


    Sea (Indonesia)

    Torres Strait Arafura Sea to Coral Australia from Papua New Guinea
    Sea (Pacific Ocean)

    Tsugaru Strait Sea of Japan (East Honshu from Hokkaido (Japan)


    Sea) to Pacific Ocean

    Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico to Mexico from Cuba


    Caribbean Sea

    100 Channel Bay of Bengal to Island of Little Andaman from Car


    Andaman Sea Nicobar Island (of India)

    90 Channel Indian Ocean (No Laccadive Islands of Kalpeni from


    other water body) Suheli Par, and Maliku Atoll (of
    India)

    *Strait is a thin waterbody that connects two big water masses and separates two land
    masses.

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