A body of water separating the island of Taiwan from mainland China's Fujian province, connecting the East China Sea to the South China Sea. It is a strategically sensitive waterway carrying heavy commercial shipping traffic.
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Source Indo-Pacific finless porpoise (Wikipedia)Lead, where it livesQuote, Lead, where it lives
The species ranges throughout most of the Indian Ocean, as well as the tropical and subtropical Pacific from Indonesia north to the Taiwan Strait.
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Source FishBase: Squatina tergocellatoides, Ocellated angelshark (FishBase)DistributionQuote, Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan Straits.
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1. Taiwan Strait - Wikipedia
Infobox, Surface area field
Surface area: 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
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It is almost entirely less than 150 m (490 ft; 82 fathoms) deep, with a short ravine of that depth off the southwest coast of Taiwan.
Infobox, Coordinates field, latitude value
24°48′40″N 119°55′42″E / 24.81111°N 119.92833°E
Infobox, Coordinates field, longitude value
24°48′40″N 119°55′42″E / 24.81111°N 119.92833°E
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