land bridge

collocation in English

meaningsoflandandbridge

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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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bridge
noun
uk
/brɪdʒ/us
/brɪdʒ/
a structure that is built over a river, road, or railway to allow people and vehicles to cross from one side to ...
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(Definition oflandandbridgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Transitory states in relaxing ecosystems oflandbridgeislands.
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Transitory states in relaxinglandbridgeislands.
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It is a treatment which assumes that these island regions experience difficulties as a result of the lack of alandbridge.
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The cave is separated from the sea by alandbridgeabout 80 metres wide.
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Humanitarian organizations coped with the crisis with thelandbridge, one of the largest humanitarian aid efforts ever undertaken.
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This forms a huge megatsunami, but also causes the water to recede and form a drylandbridgeto the island.
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During the glacial epoch this bridge was a migration route for people, animals, and plants whenever ocean levels fell enough to expose thelandbridge.
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Additionally, from 1968 to 1988, 32% of the cypress swamp on thelandbridgehad either converted to marsh or became open water.
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They quickly tuck in to the plentiful bounty of the island, but are then horrified to discover the tsunami has destroyed thelandbridge.
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However, since 1994, the lake level has been permitted to rise and thelandbridgeis currently submerged.
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During low tide, the two islands are connected by alandbridge.
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Although they are disheartened by the undrinkable water, they spy a verdant island connected to the mainland by a thinlandbridge.
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Thelandbridgepermitted predators, such as coyotes, to raid the bird eggs of the island.
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The fall of the lake level since 1941 created alandbridgeto the island.
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The formation of thislandbridgealso had an impact on global climate.
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It is connected to the beach by a man madelandbridge.
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The solution to the impending famine was thelandbridge.
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A transcontinental railroad can be a type oflandbridge.
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It was a grassland steppe, including thelandbridge, that stretched for several hundred miles into the continents on either side.
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