Straits in the world:
| Name of the strait | Joins | Basin Countries / Location |
| Malacca strait | Andaman sea and south china sea | Indonesia – Malaysia |
| Palk strait | Palk Bay and Bay of Bengal | India – Sri Lanka |
| Sunda Strait | Java sea and Indian Sea | Indonesia |
| Yucatan Strait | Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea | Mexico – Cuba |
| Mesina Strait | Mediterranean sea | Italy – Sicily |
| Otranto Strait | Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea | Italy – Albania |
| Bab -al- Mandab Strait | Red Sea and Gulf of Aden | Yemen – Djibouti |
| Cook Strait | South Pacific Ocean | New Zealand ( North and south islands |
| Mozambique Strait | Indian Ocean | Mozambique – Malagasy |
| North Channel | Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean | Ireland – England |
| Taurus Strait | Arafura Sea and Gulf of Papua | Papua New Guinea –Australia |
| Bass Strait | Tasman Sea and South Sea | Australia |
| Bering Strait | Bering Sea and Chuksi Sea | Alaska – Russia |
| Bonne- Fasio Strait | Mediterranean Sea | Corsika –Sardinia |
| Bosphorus Strait | Black Sea and Marmara Sea | Turkey |
| Dardanelles Strait | Marmara Sea and Agean Sea | Turkey |
| Davis Strait | Baffin Bay and Atlantic Ocean | Greenland and Canada |
| Denmark Strait | North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean | Greenland – Iceland |
| Dover Strait | English channel and North Sea | England – France |
| Florida Strait | Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean | USA and Cuba |
| Hormuz Strait | Gulf of Persia and Gulf of Oman | Oman – Iran |
| Hudson Strait | Gulf of Hudson and Atlantic Ocean | Canada |
| Strait of Gibraltar | Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Sea | Spain –Morocco |
| Magellan Strait | Pacific Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean | Chile |
| Makkassar Strait | Java Sea and Celebeze Sea | Indonesia |
| Tsungaru Strait | Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean | ( Hokkaido- Honshu Island) Japan |
| Tatar Strait | Japan Sea and Okhotsk Sea | (East Russia – Sakhalin island) Russia |
| Fovex Strait | South Pacific Ocean | (South Island – Stewart) New Zealand |
| Formosa Strait | South China Sea- East China Sea | China – Taiwan |
| Jamaica Channel | Island of Jamaica and Hispaniola in Carribbean sea | United states, Jamaica, Haiti i |
| Bali Strait | Java and Bali In Indian Ocean and Bali Sea | Indonesia |
| Lombok Strait | Java Sea to Indian Ocean | Between islands of Bali and Lombok in Indonesia |
| Singapore Strait | Between Strait of Malacca in west and The Karimata Strait in East | Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| Duncan Strait | Rutland island in north and Little Andaman to the south | Indian Ocean |
| Strait of Sicily | Divides Tyrrhenian sea and western Mediterranean Sea | Italy and Tunisia |
| Karimata Strait (Carimata) | Connects South China sea to Java sea | Indonesia |