Strand

Strand can be

Topography

• The flat area of land that touches a body of water
  • Beach
  • Shoreline
• Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida

Places

Africa

• Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
• Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa

Asia

• A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
• Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India

Australia

• The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
• The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
• The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
• The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains

Europe

• Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
• Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
• Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
• Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Viken county, Norway
• Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
• Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
• Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county
• Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway

United Kingdom

• Strand (UK Parliament constituency)
• Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
• Strand, London, a street in Central London
• New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
• St Mary le Strand (parish)
• Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
• The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent

North America

Canada

• Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

United States

• Strand, Iowa
• Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
• Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
• Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
• The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles

Biology

• Coding strand, a strand of DNA
• A strand of hair

Other uses

• Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
• Strand (surname)
• Strand, part of an electrical cable
• Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability