Taiwan Strait

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body of water strait

The Taiwan Strait is the narrow body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China, serving as a crucial shipping lane and a focal point of regional geopolitical tensions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Taiwan Strait canonical 92
Formosa Strait 2
Taiwan Strait region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
strait ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Taiwan Strait ⓘ
surface form: Formosa Strait
averageDepth about 60 meters ⓘ
belongsTo East China Sea region in some definitions ⓘ
South China Sea region in some definitions ⓘ
borderedBy Fujian ⓘ
surface form: Fujian Province

Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan Island
ChineseName Taiwan Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 台湾海峡
climate subtropical ⓘ
connects East China Sea ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
disputedBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
geologicalSetting marginal sea basin ⓘ
governedBy international maritime law ⓘ
hasAverageSeaSurfaceTemperature warm ⓘ
hasCurrent China Coastal Current ⓘ
Kuroshio Current ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan Warm Current
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasFeature shallow continental shelf ⓘ
hasRisk blockade scenarios ⓘ
military confrontation ⓘ
hasShippingLane major international shipping route ⓘ
hasStatus international waterway ⓘ
importantFor global trade ⓘ
regional security ⓘ
knownFor geopolitical tensions ⓘ
languageOfName Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth over 100 meters ⓘ
maximumWidth about 180 kilometers ⓘ
minimumWidth about 130 kilometers ⓘ
monitoredBy People's Liberation Army ⓘ
surface form: People's Liberation Army Navy

Republic of China Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
near Fuzhou ⓘ
Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
sceneOf First Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
separates Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

China ⓘ
surface form: mainland China
strategicImportance high ⓘ
subjectOf cross-strait relations ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
military navigation ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East China Sea → hasStrait → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
South China Sea → connectedTo → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
South China Sea → hasStrait → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Higashi Shina Kai → hasStrait → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Taiwan Strait → ChineseName → Taiwan Strait self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 台湾海峡
Taiwan Strait → alsoKnownAs → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Formosa Strait
Pescadores Islands → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Republic of China Armed Forces → areaOfOperations → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Formosa → associatedWithStrait → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Matsu Islands → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Matsu Islands → nearbyWaterBody → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Penghu Islands → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Penghu Islands → seaArea → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Fujian → faces → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Kinmen → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Keelung River → flowsInto → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Republic of China Air Force → operationalArea → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Tamsui River → flowsInto → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Min River (Fujian) → flowsInto → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty → locatedOn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Quanzhou → locatedOn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Xiamen → locatedOn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Sino-French War → theatre → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Port of Xiamen → locatedOn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Fuzhou → locatedNear → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Pingtung County, Taiwan → hasCoastlineOn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Pingtung County
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis → hasLocation → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis → location → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Republic of China Navy → operatesIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
First Taiwan Strait Crisis → location → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
southern Taiwan → bordersBodyOfWater → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Taiwan
Taiwan, Province of China → borderingSea → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Kaohsiung → bordersBodyOfWater → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
cross-Strait relations → geographicalContext → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport → serves → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taiwan Strait region
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport → nearbyBodyOfWater → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Taoyuan City → faces → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Fuzhou Changle International Airport → locatedNear → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Pescadores → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Pescadores → sea → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Penghu Airport → locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
ROC Armed Forces → primaryDefenseArea → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of China Armed Forces
Kaohsiung International Airport → nearbyWaterBody → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Republic of China Marine Corps → primaryTheater → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan) → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Lienchiang County
Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan) → borderedBy → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Lienchiang County
Nangan Township → locatedIn → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Penghu Great Bridge → crosses → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Penghu Great Bridge → locatedInBodyOfWater → Taiwan Strait ⓘ
Magong → islandGroup → Taiwan Strait ⓘ