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What 5 bodies of water surround the Arabian Peninsula?
The Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea.
What do the straits of bosphorus and dardanelles and hormuz have in common?
They are all geographic choke points. This means that if any of them are shut down, serious international problems can occur because those straits are important for trade.
What straits connects the persian gulf to the Arabian sea?
I believe that is the Strait of Hormuz going into the Gulf of Oman.
Where did the small athen fleet defeat the Persian fleet?
The 180 Athenian ships were part of a Greek fleet of 370 triremens opposing a similar sized Persian fleet in the straits near Salamis.
How are channels and straits different?
straits and channels are different because the channels are wider than the strait. The straits are a narrow body of water between two pieces of land.
Why was Straits of Magellan so named?
because it was
What is the gateway to the gulf of Iran called?
The Strait of Hormuz. And it's the Persian Gulf; Persia is the old name for Iran.
What important waterway connects the atlanta ocean and the mediterranean sea?
The Straits of Gibraltar
How many straits are there in the world?
There are 124 straits in the world.214 total straits in the world.
What are the straits in Europe?
Are you referring to the "Straits of Gibraltar". There's also the straits of Messina in Italy.
Who sank most of the Persian fleet at salamis?
Themistocles was the Athenian general that defeated the Persians at Salamis. He used military strategy and tricked the Persians into sailing into the straits where they lost needed mobility.
Why is green land called an island?
Yes because the Denmark Straits separate them.
