Strait
(A strait said)
Let’s get this straight,
Said a strait named Nate,
Repeat what you want me to do,
I only work,
For the highest of fees,
And I get vacation time too...
(Earth said)
I need you to help,
Join bodies of water,
A sea must connect to a sea...
I need a straight strait,
To do a great job,
Connecting some water on me...
Strait Nate smiled slightly,
And lay down on Earth,
And water began to flow through him,
He connected some oceans,
He connected some seas,
Nobody was going to boo him!
Strait Nate, he said,
It’s what I do,
Connecting wet water, not sand,
I guess it’s better than being an isthmus,
Which links up two pieces of land!
What is a Strait?
A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water. Straits are important for travel by ship as they enable passage from one navigable body of water to another. Some well known straits are the Straight of Gibraltar which connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea, the strait of Magellan which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at the bottom of South America, and the Bering Strait which connects the Pacific Ocean with the Arctic Ocean.
This is a cool image from Nasa that shows the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Africa:
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