UPSC -TAIWAN IN NEWS WHY.?
Taiwan Strait The Taiwan Strait is a 180km-wide strait separating continental Asia and the island of Taiwan . A strait is a narrow water passage connecting two larger bodies of water, usually two seas. Straits can be formed naturally by tectonic plate movements or created by humans (called canals like the Suez Canal). While most straits are navigable, some are too narrow or shallow to allow safe movement of vessels. Also referred to as the Formosa (“Beautiful”) Strait, the Taiwan Strait extends from the South China Sea in the southwest to the East China Sea in the northeast. It runs between the coast of the Fujian (Fukien) Province and the island of Taiwan. the Taiwan Strait is relatively shallow. It has an average depth of about 490ft, and a minimum depth of 82ft. Several rivers including the Jiulong and Min rivers from China’s Fujian Province drain into the Taiwan Strait. 370 million tons of sediments are deposited annually by the rivers of Taiwan draining into the Taiwan S