Prominent Examples
- The Bering land bridge, which intermittently connected Asia with North America as sea levels rose and fell under the effect of ice ages
- Doggerland, a former landmass in the southern North Sea which connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe during the last ice age
- The Isthmus of Panama, whose appearance three million years ago allowed the Great American Interchange
- The Sinai Peninsula, linking Africa and Eurasia
- The Adam's Bridge (known as Rama Setu), connecting India and Sri Lanka
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