Bosporus
Europe-Asia water divide
The Bosporus is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates the European and Asian portions of Istanbul.
Along with the Dardanelles to the south, it forms a critical waterway linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
The strait has immense strategic and commercial importance, as it controls access between Russia and warm-water ports.
Ships pass through the Bosporus daily carrying oil and grain.
Historic Turkish metropolis
Constricted water passage
- channelPassage for transmission
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- chokepointNarrow passage limiting movement
- passageSegment of text
constriction · current · crossing · ferry · span · breadth · depth · flow
Eurasian federation, largest country
- NATOWestern defense organization
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
- navalOf maritime warfare
- fleetVehicles under unified command
blockade · strategic · control · sovereignty · treaty · Crimea
Vessel for liquid bulk
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- cargoTransported goods
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- transitMovement between places
maritime · navigation · port · harbor · anchorage · pilot · traffic · collision
Directed flow of charge
- salinityDissolved mineral concentration
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- anchovySmall, salty forage fish
- bluefishPredatory marine species
Land beside navigable waters
Constantinople
Historic Turkish metropolis
- ByzantiumEastern Roman civilization
- OttomanMember of Turkish dynasty
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
conquest · siege · crusade · Venetian · Genoese · Darius · Xerxes
narrows
Constricted water passage
- channelPassage for transmission
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- chokepointNarrow passage limiting movement
passage · constriction · current · crossing · ferry · span · breadth · depth · flow · tidal
Russia
Eurasian federation, largest country
- NATOWestern defense organization
- DardanellesNarrow Turkish waterway
- navalOf maritime warfare
fleet · blockade · strategic · control · sovereignty · treaty · Crimea
tanker
Vessel for liquid bulk
transit · maritime · navigation · port · harbor · anchorage · pilot · traffic · collision · congestion
current
Directed flow of charge
- salinityDissolved mineral concentration
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- anchovySmall, salty forage fish
bluefish · bonito · dolphin · jellyfish · pollution · algae · sediment
waterfront
Land beside navigable waters
- Eurasian GeographyHimalayas, Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges River, Yangtze River
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
- Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire, sultans, grand vizier, Constantinople, Suleiman
- Black SeaBlack Sea, Bosphorus, Dardanelles, Crimea, Crimean Peninsula
- shipping routesPanama Canal, Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz
BosporusStrait of Gibraltar
Channel linking two seas
Suez Canal · Panama Canal · Bering Strait · open ocean · Strait of Malacca
Bosporusopen ocean
Sea far from shore
Atlantic Ocean · Pacific Ocean · high seas · Black Sea · Mediterranean Sea