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Q: What is a very thin body of water that is bordered by land on two sides and connects to much larger bodies of water?
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Central America connects North America to South America What is the geographical term for this type of landform?

Isthmus: a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land


Does a isthmus separate two water bodies?

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land


What does a isthmus look like?

a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.


Give the definition of an isthmus?

a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land


What narrow strip of land with water on both sides that connects two larger bodies of land?

bering strait


What is a narrow strip of land attached to another larger area?

An isthmus (IPA: /ˈɪsθməs, ˈɪstməs, ˈɪsməs/, Greek: ἰσθμός, plural isthmuses or isthmi) is a narrow strip of land that is bordered on two sides by water and connects two larger land masses. It is the inverse of a strait (which lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water).If it is connected by two larger bodies of land, it is called an isthmus. If only connected by one larger body of land, it is called a peninsula (and is connected to the main body of land by an isthmus).


What triangular area bordered by water on 3 sides connects the continents of Africa and Asia?

sinai peninsula


What triangular land bordered by water on three sides connects the continents of Africa and Asia?

Perhaps the Sinai.


What is difference between gulf and straight?

A strait is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. A gulf, usually referring to a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. A fjord is a long, narrow bay with steep sides, created in a valley, carved in a glacial period by a glacier moving from the top region of the mountains to the sea. A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides


What is a narrow strip of land with water on both sides which connects two lager bodies of water?

An isthmus


Is the Niagara Peninsula really a peninsula?

The Niagara Peninsula is not a true peninsula. It is an isthmus, a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land. The Niagara River does not count as a body of water, thus the "peninsula" is only bordered by bodies of water on two sides, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.


What is a narrow stretch of land with water on two sides that connects two larger landmassescalled?

It is called an isthmus