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- Island - Wikipedia
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been part of a continent
- Island | Definition, Types, Examples, Facts | Britannica
Island, any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers A group of islands is called an archipelago
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- Island - Education | National Geographic Society
There are six major kinds of islands: continental (1), tidal (2), barrier (3), oceanic (4), coral (5), and artificial (6) Continental islands (1) were once connected to a continent They still sit on the continental shelf Some formed as Earth’s shifting continents broke apart
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An island is a fraction of landmass that is surrounded by water There are countless islands around the world located in oceans, lakes and rivers They have distinct climates and inhabitants according to their geographical position
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- ISLAND Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The words island and isle are etymologically distinct Island can be traced back to Old English īgland, composed of two elements īg and land Land, as we might expect means “land,” but īg means “island” in Old English In a sense, then, īgland is “island-land ”
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