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There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.
James Henry Breasted

Meaning of "land bridge" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAND BRIDGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAND BRIDGE

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Land bridge is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAND BRIDGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Land bridge

A land bridge, in biogeography, is an isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals and plants are able to cross and colonise new lands. Land bridges can be created by marine regression, in which sea levels fall, exposing shallow, previously submerged sections of continental shelf; or when new land is created by plate tectonics; or occasionally when the sea floor rises due to post-glacial rebound after an ice age.

Definition of land bridge in the English dictionary

The definition of land bridge in the dictionary is a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAND BRIDGE

land agency
land agent
land army
land bank
land crab
land forces
land girl
land grant
land grant college
land line
land mass
land mine
land of milk and honey
land of Nod
Land of the Midnight Sun
land office
land patent
land rail
land reform
land registry

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAND BRIDGE

Bainbridge
bridge
Cambridge
cartridge
Coolidge
fridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Lethbridge
London Bridge
nuke the fridge
partridge
porridge
Redbridge
ridge
Stamford Bridge
Stourbridge
suspension bridge
Tonbridge
Trowbridge
Uxbridge
water under the bridge

Synonyms and antonyms of land bridge in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «land bridge» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAND BRIDGE

Find out the translation of land bridge to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of land bridge from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «land bridge» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

陆桥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puente de tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

land bridge
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भूमि पुल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجسر البري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухопутный мост
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponte de terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভূমি সেতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pont de terre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jambatan tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Landbrücke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陸橋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jembatan tanah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நில பாலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमीन पूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kara köprüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ponte di terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

most ziemi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухопутний міст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pod teren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χερσαία γέφυρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

landbrug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

landbrygga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

land bro
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of land bridge

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAND BRIDGE»

The term «land bridge» is regularly used and occupies the 57.930 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAND BRIDGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about land bridge

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QUOTES WITH «LAND BRIDGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word land bridge.
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James Henry Breasted
There is but little room for doubt that Egypt led the way in the creation of the earliest known group of civilizations which arose on both sides of the land bridge between Africa and Eurasia in the fourth millennium B.C.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAND BRIDGE»

Discover the use of land bridge in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to land bridge and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bering Land Bridge
Data of geology, oceanography, paleontology, plant geography, and anthropology focus on problems and lessons of Beringia.
David Moody Hopkins, 1967
2
Aleuts: Survivors of the Bering Land Bridge
Integrates ethnological, demographic, biological, archaeological and ecological information about the Alaskan Aleut people.
William S. Laughlin, 1980
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The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land ...
Chronicles the work of geologist Dave Hopkins, whose research solved the mystery of the existence of Beringia, the Bering Land Bridge.
Dan O'Neill, 2005
4
Geographical Ecology: Patterns in the Distribution of Species
7 of which are large land bridge islands of over 200 square miles and 26 of which are truly oceanic. Of the New Guinea birds, 92 species are found on at least one of the land bridge islands but on no oceanic island, and 45 are found on three ...
Robert H. MacArthur, 1984
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Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management, and ...
Numerous studies have documented that land bridge islands and forest fragments lose species after isolation (Diamond 1972, 1984; Terborgh 1974, 1975; Willis 1974; Wilcox 1978; Terborgh and Winter 1980; Heaney 1984; Case and Cody ...
William F. Laurance, Richard O. Bierregaard, 1997
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Human Ecology of Beringia
This book describes what is known about these people and the now partly submerged land, named Beringia, which they settled during the final millennia of the Ice Age.
John F. Hoffecker, Scott A. Elias, 2013
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International Railway Lines: Channel Tunnel, Eurasian Land ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2011
8
Story in the Stone: The Formation of a Tropical Land Bridge
Examines paleontologist Tony Coates's study of the fossil record on the Isthmus of Panama, and discusses the formation and development of the land bridge and how its existence affected the wildlife of both North and South America.
Tim Gidwitz, Tom Gidwitz, 2001
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International Rail Transport: Channel Tunnel
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
10
Final environmental supplement: alternative administrative ...
Bering Land Bridge The nearly two and a half million acres of Federal land in this study area are one of the continent's most important paleontological and archeological areas — a remnant of Bering Land Bridge over which man first entered ...
United States. Dept. of the Interior, United States. Dept. of the Interior. Alaska Planning Group, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAND BRIDGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term land bridge is used in the context of the following news items.
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A bridge across Palk Strait:Keep India at arm's length - The Island
Ex-diplomat K. Godage has recently written to The Island pointing out the strategic dangers of building a land bridge connecting India and Sri ... «The Island.lk, Jul 15»
2
Ancient pike pulled from lake mud offers glimpse of Interior's past …
... was buried in ice but Interior Alaska was not, northern pike were probably darting through the freshwater bodies of the Bering Land Bridge. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
3
Alaska Science Forum: Ancient pike found in Interior lake mud
... was buried in ice but Interior Alaska was not, northern pike were probably darting through the fresh water bodies of the Bering Land Bridge. «Juneau Empire, Jul 15»
4
U.S. Bank Stadium: 5 things you may not know
As fans, we've heard a lot about many features of the new stadium, including the reservoir for ice and snow, the land bridge that will stretch over ... «The Viking Age, Jul 15»
5
Connecting the Empire: Russia Approves Construction of $4 Billion …
... a “land bridge” connecting Crimea to mainland Russia. With plans now approved to build an actual bridge over the water, Russia would have ... «theTrumpet.com, Jul 15»
6
Nature Conservancy's wilderness corridor paves way for 'moose sex'
It's a natural land bridge that connects Nova Scotia to the rest of continental North America. Without it, the area would essentially be an island, ... «Yahoo News Canada, Jul 15»
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Vitus Bering Discovered Alaska, or did he? Some evidence points …
So why is Dezhnev not considered the discoverer of Alaska? Why is there not a Dezhnev Strait, a Dezhnev Land Bridge, a Dezhnev Glacier? «SitNews, Jul 15»
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Travel back in time to a paradise lost under the North Sea
Long considered a featureless land bridge, Doggerland has recently been revealed as a prehistoric paradise of marshes, lakes, rivers – and ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
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A wild idea? Should horses be returned to their historic rangelands?
It evolved in North America 1.1 to 1.2 million years and spread via the Beringia land bridge and the Isthmus of Panama to Eurasia and South ... «Horsetalk, Jul 15»
10
Tooth, jaw fossils tell tale of North America's last nonhuman primates
These creatures probably crossed a land bridge from Northeast Asia to North America around 29 million years ago, say paleontologist Joshua ... «Science News, Jul 15»

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