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Mozambique Channel

American  

noun

  1. a channel in SE Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar. 950 miles (1,530 km) long; 250–550 miles (400–885 km) wide.


Mozambique Channel British  

noun

  1. a strait between Mozambique and Madagascar. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles). Width: 400 km (250 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It was forecast to return to cyclone status as it reaches the Mozambique Channel, according to the CMRS, and could from Friday evening strike southern Mozambique.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Remarkably, the bushpig is the only large, wild terrestrial mammal species that has somehow historically crossed the 400-kilometer-wide Mozambique Channel and made it from mainland Africa to the island of Madagascar.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

With hurricane-force winds, the storm also brought large storm surges as it kept re-energising over the warm waters of the Mozambique Channel.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023

Freddy first developed near Australia in early February and traveled across the entire southern Indian Ocean before it bounced around the Mozambique Channel.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

The “Ione” had a quick passage round the south coast of Africa, and she now entered the Mozambique Channel.

From Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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