Strait
English Channel
- Maximum depth
- 180 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 560 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 34 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 4 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q34640
Among the world's straits
Each line is every one of the straits in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Maximum depth180 m14th of 20 · median 269 m
- Length560 km5th of 10 · median 338 km
- Width34 km6th of 8 · median 58 km