land bridge

American  

Also landbridge

noun

1. Geology. an actual or hypothetical strip of land, subject to submergence, that connects adjacent continental landmasses and serves as a route of dispersal for plants and animals.

   a prehistoric land bridge between Asia and North America.

2. a transcontinental rail route between countries, as those in Europe and East Asia, considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes.

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land bridge British  

noun

1. (in zoogeography) a connecting tract of land between two continents, enabling animals to pass from one continent to the other

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Etymology

Origin of land bridge

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

This land bridge between east and west, he said, would be the “key to the universe” for how it could control global trade flows.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Every fall, billions of birds pour south through the narrow land bridge of Central America," said Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and co-author of the study.

From Science Daily

Both envisioned a land bridge burying La Cienega for nearly the length of the park.

From Los Angeles Times

Scientists believe that Khankhuuluu, or one of its relatives, crossed a land bridge into North America, where it evolved into the formidable apex predator Tyrannosaurs.

From Science Daily

He called it “a map of a blessing,” with Israel and its future Arab partners such as Saudi Arabia forming a land bridge connecting Asia and Europe, crisscrossed by rail lines, energy lines, and fiber optic cables.

From The Wall Street Journal