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İstanbul Boğazı
Also known as Bosphorus, Istanbul Strait, Thracian Bosporus, Bosporus Thracian, Strait of Istanbul
Karadeniz ile Marmara Denizi arasındaki boğaz
AI overview
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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Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Bosporus Strait
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Turkey
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Istanbul#Turkey#Europe#Asia
- Body of water.part_of
- Turkish Straits
- Body of water.type
- Strait
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Istanbul and Bosporus big.jpg
- Length
- 29.9
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- native label
- İstanbul Boğazı
- Commons category
- Bosphorus
- Commons gallery
- Bosphorus
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