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canyon / gill / ravine
HSK 7-9
strait; channel
HSK 7-9
Strait of Hormuz
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gorge
Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
Straits of Johor (between Malaysia and Singapore)
great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River
fjord
Xiajiang county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
gorge / canyon / mountain valley
Xixia, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市, Henan
the Grand Canyon (Colorado)
Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江 in Yunnan
a gorge
The Straits Times
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
Taiwan Strait
Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡
English Channel
Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡
Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan
the Bosphorus (strait)
Strait of Malacca
New Strait Times (newspaper)
Qingtongxia, a county-level city in Wuzhong City 吳忠市|吴忠市, Ningxia
the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
Channel Islands
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
Xiajiang county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France
Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea
Luzon Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island (Philippines)
the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang river in Tibet and Yunnan
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Øresund / The Sound (strait between Denmark and Sweden)
isthmus of the fauces
angina / sore throat
Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
Strait of Otranto between the heel of Italy and Albania
Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡
Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java
Bristol Channel in southwest England
Korea Strait / Tsushima Strait (between Japan and Korea)
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會|海基会
PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)
Strait of Gibraltar
Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡
Huashixia town in Madoi county 瑪多縣|玛多县 in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
Dardanelles Strait / Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı
Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县 in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai


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