| LC control no. | sh 85128458 |
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| LC classification | GC98 GC99 Oceanography JZ3760 JZ3865 International relations KZ3760 KZ3868 Law of nations |
| Topical heading | Straits |
| Variant(s) | Channels, Sea Narrows (Straits) Passages (Straits) Sea channels |
| See also | Territorial waters |
| Found in | Encarta world Eng. dict. (strait: channel joining two seas, narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water, usually a body of salt water; passage: a sea channel or strait) British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Ripple Rock Hiking Trail, 199-: map verso (Seymour Narrows; narrow pass between Vancouver Island and Maud Island) Am. Heritage dict. of the English lang., c2000 (narrows (used with a sing. or pl. verb): a) A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water b) A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide) Random House Web. unabr. dict., c1997 (narrows: a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.) |
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