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land bridge

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land bridge
n.
A neck of land that connects two landmasses; an isthmus.

land bridge
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (in zoogeography) a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other


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At the time, the continent was an isolated landmass; the land bridge that today links it to North America didn't form until just a few million years ago.
 
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