isthmus
Sign in to savethumb|upright|The sandy isthmus or tombolo "The Neck" connects North and South [[Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia.]] An isthmus ( ; : isthmuses or isthmi ; from Ancient Greek ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus, a narrow stretch of sea between two landmasses that connects two larger bodies of water.
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An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses that would otherwise be separated by water. Isthmuses matter because they provide natural land bridges that affect geography, transportation, and how regions interact with each other.
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- ''Isthmus'' vs ''land bridge'' vs ''peninsula''
- Major isthmuses
- Canals
- See also
- References
thumb|upright|The sandy isthmus or tombolo "The Neck" connects North and South [[Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia.]] An isthmus ( ; : isthmuses or isthmi ; from Ancient Greek ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus, a narrow stretch of sea between two landmasses that connects two larger bodies of water.
==Isthmus vs land bridge vs peninsula== thumb|Aerial perspective of the isthmus of Bruny Island