land bridge

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This land bridge between east and west, he said, would be the “key to the universe” for how it could control global trade flows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Both envisioned a land bridge burying La Cienega for nearly the length of the park.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

The country was once connected to Australia by a land bridge, and shares many of the same snake species, so the Australian government gives the antivenom for free – snake diplomacy, if you like.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

During the last ice age however, Australia and Tasmania were connected by a huge land bridge, which allowed people to reach Tasmania on foot.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2024

The first Americans arrived on foot, which they could do because, at the time, sea levels were low enough that a land bridge connected north-eastern Siberia with north-western Alaska.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari