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Land bridge logo #21000 A land bridge, in biogeography, is an isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals and plants are able to cross and colonise new lands. A land bridge can be created by marine regression, in which sea levels fall, exposing shallow, previously submerged sections of continental shelf; or when new land is creat...
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Land bridge logo #21000[rail] A rail land bridge refers to the transport of containers by rail between ports on either side of a land mass, such as North America. Hofstra University defines a rail land bridge as having two characteristics: First, there is a single bill of lading issued by the freight forwarder that covers the entire journey, and second, the freig...
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land bridge logo #21003any of several isthmuses that have connected the Earth`s major landmasses at various times, with the result that many species of plants and animals ... [1 related articles]
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Land bridge logo #23716The movement of containers by ship-rail-ship on Japan-to-Europe moves; ships move containers to the U.S. Pacific Coast, rails move containers to an East Coast port, and ships deliver containers to Europe.
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