<P> The Bosphorus (/ ˈbɒsfərəs / or / ˈbɒspərəs /) or Bosporus (/ ˈbɒspərəs /; Ancient Greek: Βόσπορος, Bósporos, pronounced Vosporos in modern Greek; Turkish: Boğaziçi, pronounced (boːaziˈt͡ʃi)) is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey . It forms part of the continental boundary between Europe and Asia, and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey . The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, the Bosphorus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, and, by extension via the Dardanelles, the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas . </P> <P> Most of the shores of the strait are heavily settled, straddled by the city of Istanbul's metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both coasts . </P>

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