Straits + Physical Geo Flashcards
Duncan passage connects
Andaman Sea to Bob
Rutland Island to Little Andaman
9 degree channel separates
Kalpeni Suheli and Minicoy
8 degree channel
Laccadives and Maldives
Strait of malacca connects
South China Sea and Indian Ocean
Shortest sea route between India and China
Sunda Strait connects
Java Sea and Indian Ocean
Gulf of Oman + Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
3 countries of strait of hormuz
Iran / UAE and Oman
Bab-e- Mandap
Yemen/ Eritria + Djibouti + Somalia
Connects Red Sea to Gulf of Aden
Bab-e - Mandap
Continental boundary between Europe and Asia
Bosphorous Strait
Separate Antolia and Thrace
Bosphorous Strait
Connects sea of marmara with Aegean Sea and Med sea
Dardanelles Strait
Strait of Gallipoli
Dardanelles Strait
Turkish Straits
Bosphorous Strait + Dardanelles Strait
Connects Europe to Africa
Gibralter
Spain on one side and Morocco and Ceuta on another
Gibralter
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Stright connecting English Channel to North Sea
Strait of Dover
Connects Irish Sea to Atlantic Ocean
North Channel
Connecting Pacific Ocean to Arctic Sea
Bering Strait
Btwn Tasmania and Australia
Bass Island
Torres Strait
Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea
Cold Currents
Ben Brought Sofa in the Lab for his cat as it was cold outside Benguela Current Brazil Current South Atlantic Current Falkland Current Labrador Current Canary Current
North Equatorial Current moves from
East to West
Current Cycle pattern in the northern Hemis
Clockwise
Current Cycle pattern in Southern Hemis
Anti Clockwise
Countercurrents move from
West to East