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What is the name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body of land?
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∙ 7y ago
An isthmus. A narrow strip of land that connect two larger bodies of land, an isthmus has water on both sides
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoThat's almost an island. So of course the word for it comes from a Latin term meaning "almost island": peninsula.
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Name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
I think it is a peninsula.
What portion of land nearly surrounded by water?
Peninsula is derived from Latin for "almost" and "island" and is land that is surrounded mostly by water.
What do you call an area of land that is nearly surrounded by water?
A large area of land which is completely surrounded by water is a continent. A small area of land which is completely surrounded by water is an island.
What does island and isthmus and peninsula have in common?
An ISLAND is surrounded by water. A PENINSULA is surrounded by water on three sides only.An island is a pretty large form of land surrounded by water on all sides while a peninsula is a small peice of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is peninsula means?
A peninsula a piece of land that has three sides of it surrounded by land. Another answer: What the above writer meant was that a peninsula is a peice of land that has three sides surrounded by water. Actually, a peninsula is a area of land nearly surrounded by water but also has a section that is attached to a mainland by an isthmus. Florida is a peninsula, Hawaii is not because it is completely surrounded by water and is therefore an island. for example: Hawaii is a peninsula-+
What do you call a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body of land?
A peninsula.
The name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
delta
What is themeaning of peninsula?
A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
What is the name given to a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
peninsala
Name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
I think it is a peninsula.
What is the name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
A peninsula; if three sides are surrounded by water, but one side is is landlocked l, that would make a peninsula. Example: Florida
What is the name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected to a larger body of land?
An isthmus. A narrow strip of land that connect two larger bodies of land, an isthmus has water on both sides
What name given to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
An isthmus. A narrow strip of land that connect two larger bodies of land, an isthmus has water on both sides
What name is given to a portion of land that's nearly surrounded by water and is connected with a larger body of land?
An isthmus. A narrow strip of land that connect two larger bodies of land, an isthmus has water on both sides
What is the name givin to a portion of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is conntected with a larger body of land?
A penninsula.
A narrow portion of land nearly surrounded by water?
peninsula
What portion of land nearly surrounded by water?
Peninsula is derived from Latin for "almost" and "island" and is land that is surrounded mostly by water.
