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The sandy isthmus or tombolo "The Neck" connects North and South Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia. An isthmus (/ ˈ ɪ s m ə s, ˈ ɪ s θ m ə s /; [1] pl.: isthmuses or isthmi) [2] is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. [3]
This list of isthmuses is an appendix to the article isthmus.The list is sorted by the region of the world in which the isthmus is located. An isthmus (/ ˈ ɪ s θ m ə s / or / ˈ ɪ s m ə s /; plural: isthmuses, or occasionally isthmi; from Ancient Greek: ἰσθμός, romanized: isthmos, lit.
Isthmus – Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas; Lagoon – Shallow body of water separated from a larger one by a narrow landform; Machair – Fertile low-lying grassy plain; Marine terrace – Emergent coastal landform; Mid-ocean ridge – Basaltic underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonic spreading
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
The Isthmus of Panama is a land bridge whose appearance 3 million years ago enabled the Great American Biotic Interchange, in which animals and plants from the north colonized the south, and vice versa.
The Isthmus of Panama. The Isthmus of Panama (Spanish: Istmo de Panamá) [1] is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America. It contains the country of Panama and the Panama Canal. Like many isthmuses, it is a location of great geopolitical and strategic importance.
Other key figures in this version of the idea are Walter Benjamin, J. G. Ballard, and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Part of this development saw increasing use of ideas and terminology by some psychogeographers from Fortean and occult areas including earth mysteries, ley lines and chaos magic, a course pioneered by Sinclair. A core element in virtually ...
An isthmus is a strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land. Isthmus may also refer to: Isthmus, a 2022 album by Irish musician Seamus O'Muineachain; Isthmus (Cos), an ancient town on the Greek island of Cos; Isthmus, a monthly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin; An anatomically narrow part of an organ; see List of anatomical isthmi