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PeninsulasAndBodiesOfWater-HormuzArea-Topic peninsulas and bodies of water hormuz area topic the Tigris River The Tigris River, a river of historical significance, flowing from the confluence of rivers in E. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViERpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkey</a>, down to its confluence with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EuphratesRiver</a> whereafter it becomes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjq15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShattAlArabRiver</a> that flows into the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>. TigrisRiver the Caspian Sea CaspianSea The Caspian Sea, an inland sea or very large, somewhat salty lake, in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, lying between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> to the south, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Russia</a> to the northwest, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv15sU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kazakhstan</a> to the northeast, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJf4cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Turkmenistan</a> to the southeast, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a> to the west. The Caspian Sea is renowned as a source of good caviar. the Euphrates River The Euphrates River, a river of historical significance, flowing from the confluence of the Kara and Murad rivers in E. Turkey, down to its confluence with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjroJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TigrisRiver</a> whereafter it becomes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjq15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShattAlArabRiver</a> that flows into the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>. EuphratesRiver the Red Sea RedSea The Red Sea, a long and narrow sea separating the north east part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> extends from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfSuez</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAqaba</a> in the north to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a> in the south which connects it to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAden</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. the Indian Ocean An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> is an ocean in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj5j5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthernHemisphere_Region</a> lying south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a>. IndianOcean ArabianPeninsula The Arabian <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Peninsula</a>, a large peninsula between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>, in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>. It is the actual land region of Asia known as the Arabian Peninsula, which in modern times includes at least the countries of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SaudiArabia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedArabEmirates</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViQGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Qatar</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kuwait</a>. the Arabian Peninsula the Arabian Sea ArabianSea The Arabian Sea, a large portion of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> lying between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>. The Persian Gulf (also called the Arabian Gulf), a body of salt water extending from the mouth of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjq15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShattAlArabRiver</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iraq</a>) in the northwest to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StraitOfHormuz</a> at the eastern end, where the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> connects with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjBHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. the Persian Gulf PersianGulf BabElMandeb-Strait Bab el Mandeb The Bab El Mandeb Strait, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Djibouti</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAden</a>; a vital link in the sea lane from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>. the Suez Canal SuezCanal The Suez Canal, a canal connecting the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjs6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a> with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfSuez</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. It is an international waterway that passes through the territory of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Egypt</a>. GulfOfOman The Gulf of Oman, a body of water between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjBHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianSea</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjr45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfOman</a> is between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> southeast of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StraitOfHormuz</a>. It is part of the strategic waterway for shipping <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjb0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Petroleum_CrudeOil</a> from the oil-rich gulf states of the Middle East to the rest of the world. the Gulf of Oman The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViG1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjBHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianSea</a>; the strait is a vital link in the sea lanes needed for the worldwide trade in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz StraitOfHormuz ClarenceStrait The Clarence Strait, a narrow strait between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvw_dmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QeshmIsland</a> and the south coast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj11JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> at the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfBandarAbbasIran</a>, near the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StraitOfHormuz</a>. Clarence Strait The Shatt-Al-Arab River or Waterway, a river of historical significance, flowing from the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjwCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfBasraIraq</a>, to its outflow into the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjsY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a>. the Shatt Al Arab River ShattAlArabRiver the Sinai Peninsula SinaiPeninsula The Sinai Peninsula, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Peninsula</a> dividing the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfSuez</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPqZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GulfOfAqaba</a> at the north end of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. It includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRNcupwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountSinai</a>, where (according to the Torah) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GodOfAbrahamIsaacAndJacob</a> gave <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvmsoVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Moses</a> the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOjLnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TheTenCommandments</a>. GulfOfAden The Gulf of Aden, a large inlet of the Indian Ocean separating the Horn Of Africa (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Somalia</a>) from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPbFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Yemen</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. The Gulf of Aden connects the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a> via the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BabElMandeb_Strait</a>. the Gulf of Aden PeninsulasAndBodiesOfWater-HormuzArea-Topic peninsulas and bodies of water hormuz area topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all and only those collections <code><b>COL</b></code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> depends on the current state of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycKB</a>. Such a <code><b>COL</b></code> corresponds to a property defined (at least partly) in terms of the contents, features, or implementation of the Cyc Knowledge Base itself, as opposed to a property that &quot;exists out there&quot; in the KB-independent world. <p/> For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV281JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLAssertion</a> is a KB-dependent collection, membership in which requires of a given CycL sentence that it has in fact been asserted to the KB. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLSentence</a> is also KB-dependent, as being a CycL sentence requires being composed (ultimately) out of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu6KTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLReifiedDenotationalTerm</a>s (and perhaps variables) -- i.e. terms that are currently reified in the KB. Conversely, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5ddsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sentence</a> is <i>not</i> a KB-dependent collection. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection hormuz area topic HormuzArea-Topic PeninsulasAndBodiesOfWater-HormuzArea-Topic peninsulas and bodies of water hormuz area topic CycVocabularyTopic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s falling under a topic for which some Cyc Vocabulary exists. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a> is neither a strict [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcZ1FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Strict</a>] nor a covering [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv86JWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Covering</a>] faceting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>: many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s may be instances of no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>, or of multiple <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>s. cyc vocabulary topic