landbridge
Dry intercontinental passage
A landbridge is a strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, allowing passage between them.
The Bering landbridge once linked Asia to North America, enabling human migration during the Ice Age.
In shipping, landbridge refers to overland transport connecting sea routes: Containers crossed the Pacific, then moved by rail landbridge to Atlantic ports.
Narrow strip connecting landmasses
- continentalOf a continent
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- formationCreation or arrangement
- terrainLand's physical features
plateau · sediment · erosion · strata · lithosphere · outcrop · fault · sea level
Path from A to B
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- commerceExchange of goods, services
exchange · pathway · transit · transport · crossing · connection · journey · expedition
Spreading in many directions
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- floraPlants of a region
biogeography · habitat · corridor · ecosystem · biodiversity · adaptation · interchange · distribution
Former land connecting continents
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
- glaciationIce sheet spreading process
- megafaunaSpecies over 44 kilograms
mammoth · mastodon · Paleolithic · archaeology · human migration · Homo sapiens · stone tools · hunter-gatherer
isthmus
Narrow strip connecting landmasses
- continentalOf a continent
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- formationCreation or arrangement
terrain · plateau · sediment · erosion · strata · lithosphere · outcrop · fault · sea level · subduction
route
Path from A to B
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- Silk RoadHistoric transcontinental trade network
- caravanTraveling group with goods
commerce · exchange · pathway · transit · transport · crossing · connection · journey · expedition · artery
dispersal
Spreading in many directions
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- faunaAnimal life collectively
flora · biogeography · habitat · corridor · ecosystem · biodiversity · adaptation · interchange · distribution · zoogeography
Beringia
Former land connecting continents
- PleistoceneAncient glacial geological period
- Ice AgeExtended global freeze
- glaciationIce sheet spreading process
megafauna · mammoth · mastodon · Paleolithic · archaeology · human migration · Homo sapiens · stone tools · hunter-gatherer · ancient
- ContinentsAfrica, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe
landbridgestrait
Constricted marine passage
ocean · seaway · open water · gulf · body of water
landbridgesea route
Navigable ocean pathway
water crossing · ocean voyage · ferry route · shipping lane · sea lane
landbridgeisland
Water-bounded land mass
archipelago · separation · discontinuity · continental divide
land, bridge, lands, landscape, landlord, drawbridge, footbridge, landform, bridgehead