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The name of the area of water between Malaysia and Sumatra is called the Strait of Malacca. It stretches for about 800 kilometers.

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What stretch of water separats Malaysia and surmatra?

The Malacca strait separates Malaysia from Sumatra.


Strait of malacca is the main shipping channel between?

The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, 805 km (500 mile) stretch of water between West Malaysia)and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It also connects the Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west.


What 2 bodies of water does the strait of Malacca connect?

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.


Where is strait near?

A strait is a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Some famous examples include the Strait of Gibraltar (connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea), the Bering Strait (between Alaska and Russia), and the Strait of Malacca (between Malaysia and Indonesia).


Narrow body of water between two lands?

An isthmus is a narrow body of water between two lands.


What body of water lies between Singapore and sumatra?

That would be the Strait of Malacca.


What body of water separates Philippines to Indonesia?

There are many names for the different areas of the water that separates Sumatra from Thailand. The South China Sea is a large body of water between the Indonesian Islands, (including Sumatra), and Indo-China, where Thailand is. Depending on where you are on Sumatra, you may encounter the Strait of Malacca (between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, the Karimata Straight in the Java Sea (between Sumatra and Borneo), and the Gulf of Thailand, which would have to be sailed through if one wanted to land in Thailand. Alternatively, the Andaman Sea, north of the tip of Sumatra, could be used to get to Myanmar, which borders Thailand.


What does narrow body of water between two pieces of land mean?

Canals; they have two lands and a narrow body of water in between!


Which bodies of water travels between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra?

The Sunda Strait


What is a narrow strip of water between bodies of water?

isthmus


What is Sumatra surrounded by?

Water.


What is the name for a narrow passage in the sea?

a strait is a narrow passage (found in my social studies book)