land masses
Continents and islands
Large continuous areas of land, typically referring to continents or major portions of continents.
The term emphasizes scale and geographical unity: The land masses of Africa and Eurasia are connected at the Sinai Peninsula.
Also spelled as one word: landmasses.
- continentLarge connected landmass
- AntarcticaSouthernmost continental landmass
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- island chainSeries of linked islands
Africa · isthmus · peninsula · Europe · mainland · solid ground · plate tectonics · geomorphology · biogeography · delta · coastal plain · landform · plateau · physical geography · coastline · mountain range · frozen tundra · Eurasia
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- globesterrestrial globe, desk globe, armillary sphere, celestial globe, spinning globe
- ancient mapsold maps, nautical charts, world maps, ancient maps, portolan charts
land massesoceans
Vast saltwater bodies
seas · bodies of water · water bodies · open water · the deep
land masseswaters
Bodies of liquid
the ocean · atmosphere · airspace · the void
land massesarchipelagos
Collections of scattered islands
island chains · atolls · reefs · shoals · sandbars
land, mass, lands, masses, landed, landing, landlord, landowner, landscape