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The Solent

The Solent (/ˈsoʊlənt/ SOH-lənt) is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores. It is about 20 miles (32 kilometres) long and varies in width between .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac…

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Location
English Channel
Basin countries
England
Max. length
20 miles (32 km)
Max. width
5 miles (8.0 km)
Min. width
1 mile (1.6 km)
Settlements
Portsmouth

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The Solent

Nodes118
Edges117
Triples64
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016949
Components1

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The Solent

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related to External links · 21
The Solent → Aggregates, Britain, D-Day, Estuaries, February, Geological Field Guide, Hampshire, History, Independent Lifeboat Rescue OrganisationSolent, Introduction, June, Lost Solent River, Maritime Archaeology, Operation Neptune, Outreach Archived, Solent, Solent ForumSolent Rescue, Solentpedia, TertiaryDownload, Wayback Machine
related to history · 15
The Solent → BC, Bouldnor, Diodorus Siculus's, Hayling Island, If, Isle, Norman, Offshore, Remains, Roman, Saxon, Solent, South, There, Wight
related to Geology · 14
The Solent → Dartmoor, Eocene, Hamble, Itchen, Lutetian, Ordnance Datum, Originally, River Solent, Rivers Avon, Seismic, Solent, Test, The Purbeck Ball Clay, The River Frome
is a · 4
The Solent → comparatively shallow stretch of tidal water, deposit of stones, major shipping lane for passenger, only place in Western Europe where there is a regular passenger service
see also · 2
The Solent → Ports, SolentPortsmouth HarbourSolent
Basin countries · 1
The Solent → England
Coordinates · 1
The Solent → .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…
Location · 1
The Solent → English Channel
Max. length · 1
The Solent → 20 miles (32 km)
Max. width · 1
The Solent → 5 miles (8.0 km)

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solent wight isle river area great sea water hampshire strait tide britain km portsmouth south major england english important southampton

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The SolentBasin countriesEngland1.00infobox
The SolentCoordinates.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
The SolentLocationEnglish Channel1.00infobox
The SolentMax. length20 miles (32 km)1.00infobox
The SolentMax. width5 miles (8.0 km)1.00infobox
The SolentMin. width1 mile (1.6 km)1.00infobox
The SolentSettlementsPortsmouth1.00infobox
The SolentTypeStrait1.00infobox
The Solentis amajor shipping lane for passenger0.90text
The Solentis acomparatively shallow stretch of tidal water0.90text
The Solentis adeposit of stones0.90text
The Solentis aonly place in Western Europe where there is a regular passenger service0.90text

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