Summary: Rabat - The Moroccan model of advanced regionalization is clearly part of the decentralized, democratic state and marks a quantum leap in the process of democratizing society, said Monday in Rabat Omar Azziman, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Regionalisation.
1. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land. 2. a relatively narrow passage or strip of tissue joining two cavities or parts of an organ.isthmos isthmÃ³s narrow, passage]. isthmusâ²isth, moid. adj. (Physical Geography) a narrow strip of land connecting two relatively large land areas. 2. (Anatomy) anatomy. a. a narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of a structure. b. a narrow passage connecting two cavities. [C16: from Latin, from Greek isthmos ]. (ËÉªs mÉs). n., pl. -musâ¢es, -mi (-mÄ«).
Straits are the converse of isthmuses. That is, while a strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses. Some straits have the potential to generate significant tidal power using tidal stream turbines.