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Also known as Bosphorus, Istanbul Strait, Thracian Bosporus, Bosporus Thracian, Strait of Istanbul

thumb|Location of the Bosporus (red) relative to the Dardanelles (yellow) and the [[Sea of Marmara]] thumb|Close-up satellite image of the Bosporus Strait, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004. The body of water at the top is the [[Black Sea, the one at the bottom is the Marmara Sea, and the Bosporus is the winding waterway that connects the two. The western banks of the Bosporus constitute the geographic starting point of the European continent, while the banks to the east are the geographic beginnings of the continent of Asia. The city of Istanbul is visible along both ba

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The Bosporus Strait is a narrow waterway that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, with Istanbul situated on its banks and the strait marking the geographic boundary between Europe and Asia. It matters because it serves as a crucial passageway for maritime traffic between these two regions and between the continents.

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