bosphorus strait
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What is Bosphorus strait
1) The Bosphorus is the 32 km long strait.
2) which joins the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea in
Istanbul -IST.
3) Istanbul - IST is the Largest city in Turkey.
4) It separates the continents of Europe and Asia.
Istanbul
1) it the only city in the world lies on two
continents ( Asia & Europe ).
2) It is also the only one to have been a capital
during two empires - Christian and Islamic.
Oil transportation in the Bosporus
1) Approx. 5,500 oil tankers, passing through
the straits annually.
2) it is also one of the world's busiest
chokepoints.