land bridge

English - English

Definition of land bridge in English English dictionary

in biogeography: an isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses

Travel by ferry from one country, via another country by road, then by another ferry crossing to a third country. An example is from Ireland by ferry to the UK, by road to the opposite coast, then ferry to France

A neck of land that connects two landmasses; an isthmus

Related Terms

land bridges

plural form of land bridge

Hyphenation

Land bridge

Turkish pronunciation

länd brîc

Pronunciation

/ˈland ˈbrəʤ/ /ˈlænd ˈbrɪʤ/

Videos

... large numbers of horses escaped back across the Bering Strait land bridge ...

... We come across the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia to North America. ...