The 500 mile/805 kilometer long stretch of water between the Malaysia Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra is ka the Strait of Malacca. It connects the Pacific Ocean on the east, to the Indian ocean on the west.
The major straits in Asia include Bab el Mandab, Strait of Malacca, Bering Strait, Strait of Hormuz and Bosporus and the Dardanelles. A strait connect two large bodies of water together.
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water (oceans?) is a strait. Examples are the Strait of Gibraltar, Malacca Strait, Yucatan Strait, Strait of Dover, and so on.
The name of the area of water between Malaysia and Sumatra is called the Strait of Malacca. It stretches for about 800 kilometers.
Hudson Bay and Atlantic Ocean
baltic and north sea
That would be the Strait of Malacca.
The Malacca strait separates Malaysia from Sumatra.
The Strait of Bosporus connects the Black Sea to its north with the Sea of Marmara to its south.
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water is called a Strait.
A strait is a narrow channel connecting two bodies of water.
A strait is a narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water, typically two seas or oceans. Examples include the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Hormuz.
Strait of Gibraltar