Circle Middle School
Geography Concepts
Due
B Day Classes – Tuesday 10/9
A Day Classes – Wednesday 10/10
Straits
Definition
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. It can also be defined as a
narrow body of water that separates two land masses. Straits have often been strategically important.
Many famous naval battles have been fought for control of straits. Straits are also important
passageways for transportation and travel.
Activity
Locate and label each of these straits on the attached map of the world. Next to each strait listed,
identify the land masses each strait separates; also identify the bodies of water they connect.
Strait
Bering Strait
Bosporus
English Channel
Korea Strait
Straits of Dover
Strait of
Gibraltar
Strait of Hormuz
Strait of
Magellan
Strait of Malacca
Taiwan Strait
Land Masses Separated
Bodies of Water Connected
Identify
See This!
In the space below list any three other straits that
exist in the world. Name the strait and describe its
relative location: