 | Zadock Thompson - Canada - 1835 - 128 pages
...large body of land, surrounded hut not divided by water. What is an island?* What is a peninsula-1 A portion of land almost surrounded by water. What is an isthmus-! It is a narrow strip of land joining a peninsula to a continent, or two continents together. What is... | |
 | George William Fitch - Geography - 1857 - 104 pages
...? Any portion of land entirely surrounded by water. PENINSULA, ISTHMUS, CAPE. What is a PENINSULA ? A portion of land almost surrounded by water. What is an ISTHMUS ? A neck of land uniting a peninsula to the mainland. What is a CAPE ? A point of land extending into... | |
 | George Woolworth Colton - Geography - 1866 - 94 pages
...Island in the World ? Australia. The Continents are In reality immense Islands. 1ASTBR* OOSTINEXT. 13> What is a Peninsula ? A Penin'sula is a portion of Land almost surrounded by Water. 1 I. What other Natural Divisions of Land are there ? Isth'muses, Capes, Mountains, and Plains. 15.... | |
 | George Woolworth Colton - Geography - 1866 - 90 pages
...World ? Australia. The Continents are in reality immense Islands. BABTERN CONTINENT. DEFINITIONS. 13i What is a Peninsula ? A Penin'sula is a portion of Land almost surroundecf by Water. 11. What other Natural Divisions of Land are there ? Isth'muses, Capes, Mountains,... | |
 | William Swinton - Geography - 1875 - 160 pages
...will spell, and you may pronounce, — Isthmus. I will pronounce, and you may spell, — Isthmus.] 3. What is an isthmus ? An isthmus is a narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land. [The teacher will do well to point out on the map the Isthmus of Panama and the Isthmus of Suez, stating... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1875 - 102 pages
...Map of an Island ? Map of an Island. What is a Peninsula ? A Peninsula is a portion of land alniosl surrounded by water. What is an Isthmus ? An Isthmus is a narrow strip of land which joins a Peninsula to the mainland. 18 A PENINSULA AND AN ISTHMUS. How can you tell... | |
 | First steps - 1876 - 188 pages
...does the word peninsula come from ? It comes from two Latin words meaning " almost an island." 75.— What is an isthmus ? An isthmus is a narrow neck of land by which some peninsulas are joined to the mainland. 76. — What is meant by the base of a peninsula... | |
 | Geography - 1877 - 204 pages
...light-house on the cape, to prevent the sailors from running their vessels ashore in the darkness. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land ; and the form of water that corresponds to an isthmus is a strait. When a strait is quite broad and... | |
 | Harper & Brothers - Geography - 1878 - 120 pages
...light-house on the cape, to prevent the sailors from running their vessels ashore in the darkness. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land ; and the form of water that corresponds to an isthmus is a strait. When a strait is quite broad and... | |
 | Geography - 1880 - 120 pages
...light-house on the cape, to prevent the sailors from running their vessels ashore in the darkness. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land ; and the form of water that corresponds to an isthmus is a strait. When a strait is quite broad and... | |
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... portion of water stretching up into the land is a gulf or bay. Below is a picture of a lake, and also of a gulf or bay. The lake is in the distance, at the foot of the mountain. Near by is a bay, with a light-house on the cape, to prevent the sailors... 
