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  2. Floating island - Wikipedia

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    A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Sometimes referred to as tussocks , floatons , or suds , floating islands are found in many parts of the world.

  3. Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated 1795.) In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means.

  4. Phumdi - Wikipedia

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    The floating mass of matted vegetation, organic debris, and soil that constitutes a phumdi has a thickness that varies from a few centimetres to two metres. [15] Its humus is black in colour and porous, with a spongy texture. Only 20% of a phumdi's thickness floats above the water surface; the other 80% remains submerged. [15]

  5. Floating island (dessert) - Wikipedia

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    A floating island or île flottante (French: [il flɔtɑ̃t]) is a dessert consisting of soft meringue floating on crème anglaise (a vanilla custard). The meringue used is baked in a bain-marie . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may be served at room temperature or chilled.

  6. Why axolotls seem to be everywhere — except in the one lake ...

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    Mexico's Lake Xochimilco is the only spot where axolotls are found in the wild. An agricultural system of human-made floating islands called chinampas once provided a thriving habitat for the now ...

  7. Floating island (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat. Floating island may also refer to: Very large floating structure, a real or fictional artificial floating "island" Floating island (fiction), the concept in fiction; Floating island (dessert), a French dessert; The Floating Island, a 1673 novel by Richard Head

  8. Tony Hinchcliffe Called Puerto Rico a ‘Floating Island of ...

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    What he called “humor” was a continuous stream of racist insults and dangerous conspiracy theories, from stereotypes about Latinos making multiple babies, to the “great replacement theory ...

  9. Loktak Lake - Wikipedia

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    The important islands which offer facilities for visitors are the Sandra and Phubala. [29] The Sendra Tourist Home on the island with an attached Cafeteria in the middle of the lake is an ideal tourist spot. Visitors get a bird's eye view of life on the lake—small islands that are actually floating weed on which the lake people live.