What is a strait as it relates to navigation?

Question

What is a strait as it relates to navigation?

Answer 1

it is a type of water source like a river or a pond but different

Answer 2

A Narrow stream of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

Answer 3

A navigable passage of water between two land masses which connects two larger bodies of water. It is missleading to say they are narrow. Some can be over 40 miles wide or more. In Canada...reference the Straits of Juan de Fuca in BC. or the Straits of Northumberland near Newfoundland and New Brunswick. Other references...the Straits of Magellan.

Answer 4

A strait is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses.

Answer 5

A narrow sea passageway between two bits of land.