Another word for strait

strait Synonyms

strait

A channel
inlet, canal, sound, narrows; see channel 1.
Difficulty
distress, crisis, plight, emergency; see difficulty 1, 2. See syn. study at emergency.

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The deep strait which separates it on the east from Lombok was taken by A.
Australia is bounded by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and Torres Strait; on the E.
Limit - East Cape on the Bering Strait - is in 191° E.
Earth movements are still taking place both along Bass Strait and the Great Valley of South Australia, and apparently along the whole length of tht southern coast of Australia.
Granite and Archean schists form nearly the whole of the eastern hills from the Strait of Bonifacio southwards to the Flumendosa river, culminating in Monti del Gennargentu.

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