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