RAS RTS 2017 - GEOGRAPHY WORLD LIST OF STRAITS

WORLD GEOGRAPHY- STRAITS OF THE WORLD

DEFINATION OF A STRAIT- A STRAIT IS A NARROW WATER CHANNEL THAT CONNECTS TWO BIGGER WATER BODIES OR SEPARATES TWO LARGE LANDMASSES.

SIGNIFICANCE – THESE ARE GENERALLY NAVIGABLE WATER WAYS AND HENCE ARE THE WORLD FAMOUS TRADE ROUTES OF SHIPWAYS. EG. STRAIT OF HOMRUZ, BAB-AL-MANDEB,MALLACCA STRAIT.

SL.	CONTINENT	NAME OF STRAIT	LOCATION
1	ASIA	TAIWAN STRAIT/FORMOSA STRAIT	SOUTH &EAST CHINA SEA
2	ASIA	TSUSHIMA STRAIT	SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
3	ASIA	SOYA STRAIT	SAKHLIN IS. AND HOKKAIDO IS.
4	ASIA/N.AMERICA	BERING STRAIT	BERING AND CHUKSI SEA (USA &RUSSIA)
5	ASIA	TSUGARU STRAIT	HOKKAIDO &HONSHU
6	ASIA	MAKASAR STRAIT	BORNEO &CELEBS IS. (INDONESIA)
7	ASIA	MALACCA STRAIT	MALAY PENINSULA &SUMATRA IS.
8.	ASIA	PALK STRAIT	INDIA SRILANKA
9.	ASIA	HORMUZ	PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN
10.	ASIA	BAB AL MANDEB	RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN
11.	ASIA	KERCH STRAIT	AZOV SEA AND BLACK SEA
12.	ASIA	BOSPHORUS STRAIT	SEA OF MURMURA AND BLACK SEA
13.	EUROPE	DOVER STRAIT	ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA
14.	EUROPE/AFRICA	GIBRALTER STRAIT	MEDITERRENEAN SEA&ATLANTIC OCEAN
15.	EUROPE	OTRANTO STRAIT	IONIAN SEA & Adriatic sea
16.	EUROPE	HUDSON STRAIT	HUDSON BAY& LABRADOR SEA
17.	N.AMERICA	DAVIS STRAIT	GREENLAND & BAFFIN ISLAND(CANADA)
18.	N.AMERICA	FLORIDA STRAIT	GULF OF MEXICO & SARGASSO SEA
19.	AUSTRALIA	COOKS STRAIT	NORTH & SOUTH NEW ZEALAND ISLAND
20.	AUSTRALIA	BASS STRAIT	AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA(S.PACIFIC AND TASMAN SEA)