what is mean by island?

Answer 1

An island is a piece of land fully surrounded by a body of water.

Definition

There is no standard of size which distinguishes islands from islets and continents. Any landmass surrounded by water could be considered an island. Under this terminology all the land masses on the planet could be considered islands.

Also, when defining islands as pieces of land that are completely surrounded by water, narrow bodies of water like rivers and canals are generally left out of consideration[citation needed]. For instance, in France the Canal du Midi connects the Garonne river to the Mediterranean Sea, thereby completing a continuous water connection from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. So technically, the land mass that includes the Iberian Peninsula and the part of France that is south of the Garonne River and the Canal du Midi is completely surrounded by water. For a completely natural example, the Orinoco River splits into two branches near Tamatama, in Amazonas state, Venezuela. The southern branch flows south and joins the Rio Negro, and then the Amazon. Thus, all of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana) and substantial parts of Brazil and Venezuela are surrounded by (river or ocean) water. These instances are not generally considered islands.

This also helps explain why Africa-Eurasia can be seen as one continuous landmass (and thus technically the biggest island): generally the Suez Canal is not seen as something that divides the land mass in two.

On the other hand, an island may still be described as such despite the presence of a land bridge, e.g., Singapore and its causeway or the various Dutch delta Islands, such as IJsselmonde. The retaining of the island description may therefore be to some degree simply due to historical reasons - though the land bridges are often of a different geological nature (for example sand instead of stone), and thus the islands remain islands in a more scientific sense as well.



For example, Oahu or Hawaii are both islands in the state of Hawaii. Latter has other islands comprising its territory like the island of Kawai.

Usually an island is big enough where people can live as a community and may comprise of towns and cities. Oahu has the city of Honolulu and other surrounding towns or municipalities.

If an island is so small that not many people live in it, or if it is just home to some trees, bushes, or some rock formations , or to just some plain land (firma terra), it is called an isle.

There are large chunks of territory that are fully surrounded by water but which are not called islands. An example of this is Australia, which is almost as big as the contiguous, continental USA. It is a country by itself. In fact, some people call it a continent in conjunction with the nearby nation New Zealand. Another big land mass surrounded by water is Greenland. But it is not called an island but rather as a territory of Denmark.

If the islands are so numerous and comprise a group, it is called an archipelago. One popular example of this is the nation of the Philippines - once called the Philippine Islands when it was a U.S. territory. This archipelago consists of 7,200 or so islands of varying sizes, some inhabited, some not.

If a piece of land is almost surrounded by water - but not quite - and is connected by a small strip of land forming like a bridge to a bigger territory, it is not called an island anymore although it might be surrounded by the sea in 99% of its perimeter shores. It is called a peninsula.

Answer 2

Island is defined as a mass of land surrounded on all 4 sides by water. A Water body surrounds the mass of an Island.

Mumbai is an example of an Island

Answer 3

An island is a piece of land fully surrounded by a body of water.

For example, Oahu or Hawaii are both islands in the state of Hawaii. Latter has other islands comprising its territory like the island of Kawai.

Usually an island is big enough where people can live as a community and may comprise of towns and cities. Oahu has the city of Honolulu and other surrounding towns or municipalities.

If an island is so small that not many people live in it, or if it is just home to some trees, bushes, or some rock formations , or to just some plain land (firma terra), it is called an isle.

There are large chunks of territory that are fully surrounded by water but which are not called islands. An example of this is Australia, which is almost as big as the contiguous, continental USA. It is a country by itself. In fact, some people call it a continent in conjunction with the nearby nation New Zealand. Another big land mass surrounded by water is Greenland. But it is not called an island but rather as a territory of Denmark.

If the islands are so numerous and comprise a group, it is called an archipelago. One popular example of this is the nation of the Philippines - once called the Philippine Islands when it was a U.S. territory. This archipelago consists of 7,200 or so islands of varying sizes, some inhabited, some not.

If a piece of land is almost surrounded by water - but not quite - and is connected by a small strip of land forming like a bridge to a bigger territory, it is not called an island anymore although it might be surrounded by the sea in 99% of its perimeter shores. It is called a peninsula.

To summarize, an island is a piece of land territory fully surrounded by a body of water like a sea or an ocean - but not small enough to be called just an isle, nor big enough to be called a country by itself like Australia.

With that definition of an island "settled", we can relax and enjoy a trip to the ......"islands" of Hawaii .. or some holiday islands to celebrate.

God bless and enjoy the weekend.

Answer 4

An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water, above high tide. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets. A key or cay is another name for a small island or islet. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot, IPA.There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands. A grouping of geographically and/or geologically related islands is called an archipelago.

Answer 5

Definitions of island on the Web:

* a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
* a zone or area resembling an island
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

* An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of island. A key or cay is also another name for a relatively small island. Groups of related islands are called archipelagos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island

Answer 6

Land surrounded by water on all sides is called as an island.

Answer 7

Island is a land mass surrounded by body of water

Answer 8

Island means:
"something surrounded by something else" from all sides. It can range from anything to anything.
Example- water surrounded from all sides by land, land surrounded from all sides by water, a traffic island, a stone surrounded by mud from all the sides, a piece of wood surrounded from all the sides by water, or simply a detached or an isolated thing.

Answer 9

Island is actually a land which created by some earthly process in the ocean which causes the dry land between the ocean which is the part of the bottom of the ocean.

Answer 10

An island is a piece of land surrounded by water on all the sides.example:Srilanka,Japan etc.,