Famous Straits in Asia: How many do you know?

1, Bashi Channel, Babuyan Channel, Balintang Channel.

These three straits, which connect the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea and are busy with shipping, are of great economic significance and strategic value.

The Bashi Channel is located between Taiwan, China and the Batan Islands, north of the Philippines. It is about 185-96 kilometers wide and marks the boundary between China and the Philippines.

The Babuyan Channel is located between the Babuyan Islands and Luzon and is more than 500 meters deep.

The Balintang Islands are located in the north of the Balintang Channel. There are two shoals in the middle and the water depth is less than 200 meters. The shallowest point of the Galana shoal in the west is only 10.9 meters.

There is a reef in the middle of the Bashi Channel with a minimum water depth of 27 meters, which affects navigation.39bet-đua chó-game giải trí -đá gà-đá gà trực tuyến-đánh bài

In addition, there are also the Batshigo Strait, Iyat Strait, are part of the Philippine North Channel waterways.

These straits are located between Taiwan and the Philippines, very important location, more thunderstorms, more storms, more coral.

2. Jeju Strait, Tsushima Strait, Sea Change in Korea, Busan Strait

The Korean Strait is located between the Korean Peninsula and Kyushu and Honshu Islands, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East Sea, with an average depth of 50 to 150 meters.

Geoje Island, Tsushima Island, and Iki Island in the Korean Strait are strategically located in Northeast Asia. Tsushima Island divides the strait into two channels, the Busan Strait on the west side, which is about 46-67 kilometers wide, and the channel on the east side, which is about 98 kilometers wide. Located in the middle of the East Channel, Iki Island divides the channel into two parts. The water between Tsushima Island and Iki Island is called Tsushima Strait, which is about 46 kilometers wide. The water between Iki Island and Kyushu Island is called Iki Channel.

Jeju Strait, belonging to the Korean Strait in the broad sense, is located between the southwest end of the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island, and is an important maritime channel connecting the east and west sides of the Korean Peninsula.

3. Sogu Strait, Tsugaru Strait, Ohsumi Strait, Tugara Strait, Miyako Strait.

The Soya Strait is located between Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido, choke the main rush of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk, the narrowest point about 42 kilometers, the average depth of 30 to 60 meters, for the international waterway.

The Tsugaru Strait is located between Hokkaido and Honshu Island of Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. It is about 24 ~ 40 meters wide and has a very important strategic position.

Located between the Tugara Islands and the Ohsumi Islands, the Tugara Strait is about 56 kilometers wide and serves as a major transportation route from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Tanegashima Island, on the north side of the east mouth of the strait, is the Japanese space launch center.

Ohsumi Strait is a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. It is about 24 kilometers long, 33 kilometers wide and 80 to 150 meters deep. It is suitable for ships and submarines to navigate.

The Miyako Strait, the widest of the Ryukyu Islands and twice the width of the Taiwan Strait, is an important passageway in and out of the Western Pacific Ocean.

In addition to the aforementioned straits, there are the Amami Strait, the Ishigaki Strait, and the Yonaguni Strait.

4. Koko Channel, North Preparis Channel, South Preparis Channel, Tenth Degree Channel.

North prairie Paris strait in Burma's Irrawaddy mouth and la parris island (myanmar), south la Paris strait is located in la parris island and coco islands (myanmar), coco channel in coco islands and andaman islands (India), ten degrees strait is located in the andaman islands (India) and the nicobar islands (India).

On the island of Sumatra is between Burma and the andaman sea, the west side of the sea, there is a chain for northern Burma's coco islands, south to India's andaman - 䄭 archipelago, which means the strait of malacca in and out of the front of the Indian Ocean and strategic position is very important.

The crux of the Malacca dilemma is India's Andaman Islands and Indonesia's Natuna Islands.

5. Straits of Malacca, Singapore and Johor.

Located between the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the Strait of Malacca is about 1,082 kilometers long, only 37 kilometers at its narrowest point, with an average depth of 27 meters. It is an important channel connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

The Singapore Strait is a short section of the Strait of Malacca between Singapore and the Riau Islands, with the Strait of Johor inside.

Located between Singapore and the Malaysian state of Johor, the Strait of Johor is 50 kilometers long and 1.2 to 4.8 kilometers wide.

The Strait of Malacca is the world's busiest waterway for shipping, with three times as many ships passing through as the Suez Canal and five times as many as the Panama Canal.

6. Barabak Strait and Selassan Strait.

Barabak Strait is located between Kalimantan Island and Barabak Island of the Philippines. It is an important strait connecting the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. It is close to China's Half Moon Reef, Pointing Reef, Captain Reef and vigorous sand, so its strategic location is very important.

The Selassan Channel is strategically located between the Natuna Islands and Kalimantan.

7. Karimata Strait, Sunda Strait, Makassar Strait, Flores Strait, Umbai Strait. Manipa Strait, Lodi Strait, Sumba Strait, Mentawai Strait, Longmu Strait.

Located between Kalimantan Island, Bangka Island and Belitung Island, the Kalimata Strait connects the South China Sea and the Java Sea. It is about 150 kilometers wide and has a depth of 18 to 37 meters. The Kalimata Islands are located in the strait.

Sunda Strait is located between Sumatra Island and Java Island, communication Java Sea and the Indian Ocean, 120 kilometers long, about 22 ~ 110 kilometers wide, the narrowest point is only 3.3 kilometers, there are volcanic islands in the strait.

Located between Kalimantan Island and Sulawesi Island, Makassar Strait is an important shipping route between the South China Sea, the Philippines and Australia. It is about 800 kilometers long, 967 meters deep on average and 250 kilometers wide. It has important military and economic significance.

Located between the islands of Flores and Sumba, the Sumba Strait is about 48 to 88 kilometers wide and connects the Savu Sea with the Indian Ocean.

Located between the islands of Lombok and Bali, the Lombok Strait is 8050,000 kilometers long, with an average depth of 1,200 meters. It is one of the world's most important maritime passages.

8. The Mindoro Strait.

The Mindoro Strait, located between the Philippine islands of Mindoro and Busanga, is the northern passage of the South China Sea into the Sulu Sea.

9. The Paulk Channel. The Pauk Strait is located between the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka. It is 137 kilometers long, 65 kilometers at its narrowest point. The average water depth is 2 to 3 meters, and the maximum water depth is 9 meters.

The Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge, is a series of limestone sandbanks in the Strait of Bok that stretches for 48 kilometers. The water is extremely shallow, making navigation difficult, and even passes through at low tide.

10. The Ninth Degree Strait, the Badu Strait, the Caldiva Strait, the one-half Degree Strait, the Equatorial Strait.

The Nine Degrees Strait is located between Laksha and Minnicoi Islands in India, at 9 degrees north latitude.

Located in the Maldives, it is an important strait in the Indian Ocean, located at 1.5 degrees north latitude.

Badu Hai is located at 8 ° N, between Minnikyoon Island in India and Maldives.

Ten Degrees Strait is located between India's Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands, located at 10 degrees north latitude, geographical location is very important, is the Strait of Malacca into the Indian Ocean traffic arteries.

The Equatorial Strait is located between two small islands in the Maldives archipelago, located at the equator.

11, Kara Strait, Pomorsky Strait, Shokalskiy Strait.

The Kara Strait, located between the Russian islands of Vajaki and Novaya Zemlya, is an important channel connecting the Kara Sea and the Balun Friendly Sea.

The Shokalskiy Strait connects the Laptev and Kara Seas between the small islands of the Northern Archipelago.

The Pomorsky Strait lies between the island of Korguyev and the autonomous region of Nenets.

Mattoch Kinsand Strait connects the north and south of Novaya Novaya Island. It is cold, foggy and windy. The strait is only 1.6 to 2.4 kilometers wide and covered with ice and snow all year round.

12. Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman, is the only water route from the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf. It is also an important crude oil transportation lifeline in the world, and is known as the "chokepoint" of Middle East oil.

The Strait of Hormuz is about 150 kilometers long and 56 to 125 kilometers wide, with an average depth of 70 meters and a maximum depth of 219 meters. Its narrowest point is just over 38 kilometers and its shallowest point is 10.5 meters.

The Strait of Hormuz, with its many islands, reefs and shoals, is actually only a few kilometers wide, making it unsuitable for giant oil tankers and warships.

c1c59faaa5b971470237fbcfa18d41ae13. The Turkish Strait.

The Turkish Strait is the only water passage connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of three parts: the Bosphorus Strait, the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles Strait. It is 361 kilometers long and strategically located.

The Dardanelles is 64 kilometers long, 1.7 to 7.5 kilometers wide, and has an average water depth of 57 to 70 meters.

The Sea of Marmara, an internal sea of Turkey, is 266 kilometers long from east to west and 70 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of about 11,800 square kilometers with an average water depth of 357 meters.

The Bosphorus is 31.5 kilometers long, 3.7 kilometers wide at its widest point and 747 meters narrow at its narrowest point, with an average depth of 27.5 to 124 meters.

14. The Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Located between Yemen and Djibouti, it is an important channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, and has a very important strategic position.

The Mandeb Strait is about 26 ~ 32 kilometers wide and 150 meters deep. There are many volcanic islands in the strait, among which Perim Island is the largest. The island divides the channel into big Gorge and small gorge. The latter gorge is about 3.2km wide and 39m deep on the Asian side, which is the main channel of Mandhai. Although the gorge is wide, there are many reefs and volcanic islands in the fjord, many shallow beaches, many storms, high waves and rapid water.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, is one of the busiest straits in the world, with more than 30,000 ships passing through it every year. Some people call it the "heart of the world strategy."

15. Bering Strait.

The Bering Strait is located between Cape Dezhnyov in Russia and Prince of Wales Point in the United States. It is about 60 kilometers long, 35 to 80 kilometers wide, and 30 to 50 meters deep. It is the only water passage connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

Bering Strait discoverer Bering Strait discoverer was a Dane, he was the world's first person to cross the Arctic Circle and Antarctic circle.

The Bering Strait, known as a "land bridge", is covered by 1.5-meter-thick ice sheets during winter storms and can be used to reach North America.

In the Bering Strait, there are small islands belonging to Russia and the United States. The distance between the two islands is only 4 kilometers, which is the closest point to the United States.

Located between the Alaska Peninsula in the United States and the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, the Aleutian Islands are made up of more than 300 volcanic islands stretching over 2,700 kilometers with a total area of 17,666 square kilometers. Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the United States. Russia has only a few small islands to the west.

16. The Strait of Tartar.

The Tartar Strait is about 633 kilometers long, narrow in the north and wide in the south, 7.3 kilometers at its narrowest point and 340 kilometers at its widest point. The water depth is only 8 meters at its shallowest point and 230 meters at its maximum.

The Strait of Tartar is the name given to the Chinese, the Nevelskoy to the Russians, and the Mamiya to the Japanese.

The Strait of Tartar, located in the Far East of Russia, is an inland sea of Russia.

17. Taiwan Strait, Bohai Strait and Qiongzhou Strait.

The Bohai Strait is located between Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula, is the only outlet of the Bohai Sea, the strait has the Temple Island archipelago.

The Miaodao archipelago divides the Bohai Strait into 12 main waterways, with the north channel being wider and deeper. The south channel is narrow and shallow. Laotieshan Waterway, 22 nautical miles wide and 50 ~ 60 meters deep, is the main waterway from the Yellow Sea to the Bohai Sea.

Spark-shaped sea glows often appear at night in the Bohai Strait, which fishermen call "fishing fires" and can be seen all year round.

In the Bohai Strait, there are jellyfish, sea cucumber, seal, dolphin, sea turtle, hawksbill, whale, horse fish and so on.

The Bohai Strait is the maritime gateway of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and the throat to and from the Bohai Sea. Its strategic position is very important.

Located between the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island, the Qiongzhou Strait is bounded by the South China Sea to the east and the Beibu Gulf to the west. Its narrowest point is about 19.4 kilometers, with an average depth of 44 meters and a maximum depth of 114 meters.

Qiongzhou Strait has a warm climate, abundant rainfall, frequent typhoons, towering waves.

The west coast of Taiwan Strait, rocky coast, coastline twists and turns many bay, cliff cliffs, Haidong headland. The east coast of the strait is mostly sandy, and the shoreline is straight.

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