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Bosporus

The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Turkey which is straddled by the city of Istanbul. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundaries between Asia and Europe. It also divides Turkey by separating Asia Minor from Thrace. It is the…

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Average depth
65 m (213 ft)
Basin countries
Turkey
Max. depth
124 m (407 ft)
Max. length
30 km (19 mi)
Max. width
3.7 km (2.3 mi)
Min. width
750 m (2,460 ft)

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Geography

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In mythology

Crossings

Strategic importance

Sightseeing

Architecture

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Bosporus

Nodes233
Edges232
Triples336
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008584
Components1

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Bosporus

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related to Sightseeing · 54
Bosporus → Adile Sultan Palace, Anadaolu Kavağı, Anadolu Castle, Anadolu Kavağı, Anadoluhisarı, Asian, Bebek, Bebek Mosque, Beykoz Mecidiye Pavilion, Beylerbeyi Mosque, Beylerbeyi Palace, Beşiktaş, Black Sea, Borusan Museum, Boğaziçi University, Contemporary Art, Dolmabahçe Palace, Eminõnü, Eminönü, European
related to Geography · 31
Bosporus → Aegean, Armenian, As, Atlantic Ocean, Balkans, Black Sea, Dardanelles, Eastern Mediterranean, Galatasaray, Galatasaray Adası, Galatasaray Island, Galatasaray Sports Club, Gibraltar, However, Indian Ocean, It, Kuruçeşme, Marmara, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea
related to Ancient Greek, Persian, Roman and Byzantine eras (pre-1453) · 22
Bosporus → Asia, Athens, BC, Black Sea, Byzantium, Dardanelles, Europe, Great, Greece, Greek, Hellespont, His, In, Megarian, Persian King Darius, River Danube, Scythia, Scythian, The, This
related to Ottoman era (1453–1922) · 21
Bosporus → Age, Americas, Anadoluhisarı, Anatolian Castle, Byzantines, Christopher Columbus's, Constantinople, Discovery, European Castle, May, Middle Ages, On, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, Renaissance, Roman Empire, Rumelihisarı, The, The Ottomans
related to Land bridges · 18
Bosporus → Asian, Black Sea Coastal Highway, Bosporus Bridge, Bosporus II, Bridge, European, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Garipçe, It, July Martyrs Bridge, Northern Marmara Motorway, O1 Motorway, Poyrazköy, The, Trans-European Motorway, Two, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge
related to Maritime · 18
Bosporus → Ahırkapı Feneri, Anadolu Feneri, As, Asian, Aşiyan, Between, Compounding, European, Famously, Feneri, Kadıköy, Kandilli, Kandilli Point, Rumeli Feneri, The, The Bosporus, To, Yeniköy
related to Name · 18
Bosporus → Ancient Greek, Athenian, Bous, Bósporos, Chares, Chrysopolis, Cow, Damalis, Earth, Greek, Heracles, Hercules, Io, Ox-ford, The, This, Titan Prometheus, Zeus
related to Present morphology · 17
Bosporus → Ahırkapı Feneri, Anadolu Feneri, Aşiyan, Aşiyan Point, Bebek, Between, Büyükdere Limanı, Fener, Feneri, Its, Kadıköy, Kandilli, Kandilli Point, Rumeli Feneri, The, Turkish, Umuryeri
related to Architecture · 16
Bosporus → Anadolu Hisarı, Anatolian, Asian, Emirgan, European, It, Köprülü Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa, Mecca, Most, On, Only, Ottoman, The, Those, Turkey, Yalı
related to In mythology · 16
Bosporus → According, Argonaut, Black Sea, Clashing Rocks, Earth, Greek, Heracles, Hercules, Io, Jason, Symplegades, The Bosphorus, Their, There, Titan Prometheus, Zeus

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strait sea turkey istanbul european black straits also turkish ottoman ft tunnel greek shores marmara constantinople dardanelles asian water side

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BosporusAverage depth65 m (213 ft)1.00infobox
BosporusBasin countriesTurkey1.00infobox
BosporusCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
BosporusMax. depth124 m (407 ft)1.00infobox
BosporusMax. length30 km (19 mi)1.00infobox
BosporusMax. width3.7 km (2.3 mi)1.00infobox
BosporusMin. width750 m (2,460 ft)1.00infobox
BosporusPart ofTurkish Straits1.00infobox
BosporusTypeStrait1.00infobox
Bosporusis aonly way for Bulgaria0.90text
Novorossiyskinstance offrom ports0.80text
was exported by tankers primarily to the U.S. via the Bosporusinstance offrom ports0.80text

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