4 Geography · 4.3.4 World regional geography: features, resources and places

4.3.4.3 Important straits, canals, isthmuses and channels

A strait is a narrow natural channel joining two seas, an isthmus is a narrow land strip joining two land masses, and a canal is a man-made cut, often across an isthmus; the Suez (1869, no locks) and Panama (1914, with locks) canals are the most asked.

  • APPSC Group 1
  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • strait
  • isthmus
  • canal
  • Malacca
  • Hormuz
  • Bab-el-Mandeb
  • Bosporus
  • Dardanelles
  • Gibraltar
  • Dover
  • Palk Strait
  • Ten Degree Channel
  • Suez Canal
  • Panama Canal
  • Kiel Canal
  • Soo Canal
  • Welland Canal
  • Rhine
  • Volga–Don
  • ocean routes
  • Big Trunk Route
  • chokepoints

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Mains writingMains writing
  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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