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Seas, gulfs and straits
Twenty five seas and gulfs and thirteen straits and canals that shipping depends on.
Seas and straits worksheet
Name the 38 numbered features from a word bank. Page two is the answer key.
What is on the map
25 seas and gulfs in italics and 13 straits and canals marked, from Gibraltar to Malacca. The worksheet numbers each feature from north to south and west to east, with a word bank on page one and the answer key on page two.
Both sheets use the Equal Earth projection, the same as the blank world map, so sizes are true to area. Everything prints in black and grey.
Common questions
Why do straits matter?
A strait is a narrow passage between two larger bodies of water, and shipping has to funnel through it. The Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Malacca, Bab-el-Mandeb and the Suez and Panama Canals carry so much of world trade that any closure moves prices everywhere.
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