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StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. Mx4rvVjqk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA the Strait of Hormuz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Ocean" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/IndianOcean" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> is an ocean in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SouthernHemisphere_Region" class="cyc_term">SouthernHemisphere_Region</a> lying south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAustralia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a>. the Indian Ocean IndianOcean international waterway The collection of shipping lanes that are commonly considered (under international law) to be freely available for marine traffic from all nations. Such lanes are not subregions of (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TerritorialSeaFn" class="cyc_term">TerritorialSeaFn</a> COUNTRY) for any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GeopoliticalEntity" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, COUNTRY. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InternationalOceanLawCOC" class="cyc_term">InternationalOceanLawCOC</a>. ShippingLane-International StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz PeninsulasAndBodiesOfWater-HormuzArea-Topic peninsulas and bodies of water hormuz area topic Asia An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Continent" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. Most of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> lies in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EasternHemisphere_Region" class="cyc_term">EasternHemisphere_Region</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> is bordered on the east by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PacificOcean" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a> (although some groups of islands in the Pacific -- for example, the chain of islands that make up <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Japan" class="cyc_term">Japan</a> -- are also part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>), on the west by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfEurope" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>, and on the north by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArcticOcean" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>. The southern boundary of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianPeninsula" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. ContinentOfAsia Strait strait The collection of water passageways connecting two larger bodies of water. PersianGulfRegion The geographical region composed of the Persian Gulf and the Middle Eastern countries in its vicinity. the Persian Gulf region StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz A collection of point-like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GeographicalThing" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TacticalPoint" class="cyc_term">TacticalPoint</a> is an geographical point with tactical significance in the context of some (actual or hypothetical) military operations. As a rule, any particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TacticalPoint" class="cyc_term">TacticalPoint</a> should be asserted to be an instance of a specialization of this collection, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ControlPoint" class="cyc_term">ControlPoint</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Checkpoint_Military" class="cyc_term">Checkpoint_Military</a>. Note that a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TacticalPoint" class="cyc_term">TacticalPoint</a> need not be truly zero-dimensional, only smaller than the granularity of geographical coordinates used in the tactical context. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TacticalArea" class="cyc_term">TacticalArea</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TacticalLine" class="cyc_term">TacticalLine</a>. TacticalPoint tactical point (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in #$Wikipedia-WebSite THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL BT <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. broaderTerm StraitOfHormuz The Strait Of Hormuz, between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Iran" class="cyc_term">Iran</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Oman" class="cyc_term">Oman</a>, which joins the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> to the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArabianSea" 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/en/PetroleumProduct" class="cyc_term">PetroleumProduct</a>s, and for all shipping between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PersianGulf" class="cyc_term">PersianGulf</a> and the rest of the world. the Strait of Hormuz