The Straits of Florida

The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the Florida Keys and Cuba. A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water Mainland is usually the Continental part of a region as opposed to the Islands nearby The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world The Florida Keys are an Archipelago of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The strait carries the Florida Current, the beginning of the Gulf Stream, from the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows generally from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that

Florida Straits from Space

Rights to oil and natural gas in the Florida Straits were divided between the United States and Cuba by a 1977 treaty. A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations. Cuba is actively leasing tracts in its sector for exploration while the United States is not due to environmental and tourist concerns. Geological studies project substantial reserves.

See also

• Florida Straits, a movie starring Fred Ward. Fred Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American Actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape