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1. narrow; "strait is the gate"
2. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (同)sound
3. a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person (同)straightjacket
4. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines; "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
5. squeeze together
6. bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship (同)distress
7. a state of extreme distress (同)dire straits

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1. 《しばしば複数形で》《単数扱い》『海峡』 / 《しばしば複数形で》『難局』,窮境 / 狭い(narrow);厳しい
2. 拘束服(狂人や罪人を拘束する布製上着;腕を胴体にしばりつけるための長い袖が付いている) / (成長などを)妨げるもの
3. (特に財政的に)困らせる,難儀させる
4. (道徳や作法が)非常に厳格な,堅苦しい

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"Straits" redirects here. For the British rock band, see Dire Straits. For the Australian television drama series, see The Straits.

Marine habitats
Diagrammatic map of a strait
Littoral zone Intertidal zone Estuaries Kelp forests Coral reefs Ocean banks Continental shelf Neritic zone Straits Pelagic zone Oceanic zone Seamounts Hydrothermal vents Cold seeps Demersal zone Benthic zone

Strait of Gibraltar

A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses. Some straits are not navigable, for example because they are too shallow, or because of an unnavigable reef or archipelago.

Terminology

The terms channel, pass or passage, can be synonymous and used interchangeably with strait, although each is sometimes differentiated with varying senses. In Scotland firth or kyle are also sometimes used as synonyms for strait.

Many straits are economically important. Straits can be important shipping routes, and wars have been fought for control of them.

Numerous artificial channels, called canals, have been constructed to connect two bodies of water over land, such as the Suez Canal. Although rivers and canals often provide passage between two large lakes or a lake and a sea, and these seem to suit the formal definition of strait, they are not usually referred to as such. The term strait is typically reserved for much larger, wider features of the marine environment. There are exceptions, with straits being called canals, Pearse Canal, for example.

Comparisons

Straits are the converse of isthmuses. That is, while a strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.

Some straits have the potential to generate significant tidal power using tidal stream turbines. Tides are more predictable than wave power or wind power. The Pentland Firth (actually a strait) may be capable of generating 10 GW. Cook Strait in New Zealand may be capable of generating 5.6 GW even though the total energy available in the flow is 15 GW

Navigational (legal) regime

Straits used for international navigation through the territorial sea between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone are subject to the legal regime of transit passage (Strait of Gibraltar, Dover Strait, Strait of Hormuz). The regime of innocent passage applies in straits used for international navigation (1) that connect a part of high seas or an exclusive economic zone with the territorial sea of coastal nation (Strait of Tiran, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Baltiysk) and (2) in straits formed by an island of a state bordering the strait and its mainland if there exists seaward of the island a route through the high seas or through an exclusive economic zone of similar convenience with respect to navigational and hydrographical characteristics (Strait of Messina, Pentland Firth). There may be no suspension of innocent passage through such straits.

See also

• List of straits

References

External links

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