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. Islands may be classified as either continental or oceanic. Oceanic islands are those that rise to the ...
Casalbore, D., Bosman, A., Romagnoli, C., & Chiocci, F. L. (2014b). Submarine mass-movements on vol- canic islands: Examples from the Aeolian Archipelago (Italy). In Lollino et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the XII IAEG Congress. Springer....
Archipelago – a group of islands or a cluster of islands usually found in the open sea. They can be formed by erosion but most often occur as the result of volcanic activity. Fiji, Bora Bora, the Florida Keys, and even the entire nation of Japan are examples of archipelagos. Basin –...
(about 65 feet) deep. The lagoon ofMayotteisland in the Comoro archipelago in the Indian Ocean attains a maximum depth of about 92 metres (about 300 feet), but it is generally shallower. That lagoon is about 16 km (about 10 miles) in width at its widest point and lies behind abarrier...
An example of a fragmented state is Indonesia, which is composed of a large group of islands on an archipelago. Fragmented states are considered to be fragmented because they are made up of two or more noncontiguous pieces of land. Is Italy an elongated state? Because of Italy's long and...
Kofun means ancient grave, and between the 3rd and 7th centuries, these megalithic tombs were built throughout the Japanese archipelago, generally in keyholes. Ancient Japanese buildings like kofun were constructed for members of the ruling class and were safeguarded by terracotta figures (known as...
Had been greatly struck from about the month of previous March on character of South American fossils, and species on Galapagos Archipelago. These facts (especially the latter) are the origin of all my views." WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823–1913) English-born naturalist and explorer who ...
Genetic Diversity and Origin of the Hawaiian Islands Cotton, Gossypium tomentosum Gossypium tomentosum is the only member of the cotton genus endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago. It is morphologically distinct from other allopolyploid Go... DR Dejoode,JF Wendel - 《American Journal of Botany》 ...
Taiwan and Ryukyus Constitute ail archipelago lying on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean. In contrast to volcanic islands that often arise sequentially,... Chiang,TY,Schaal,... - 《Taxon》 被引量: 167发表: 2006年 Studies on the Heterotic Patterns between Tropical Subtropical and Chinese Tem...
Many examples ofspeciationby adaptive radiation are found in archipelagoes removed from the mainland. In addition to theGalapagos Islands, theHawaiian archipelago, with its several volcanicislandsand relatively small total land area, hosts an astounding number of plant and animal species that are endemi...