Sentences with phrase «form island chains»

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These hurricanes form from a tropical depression or tropical wave that passes through or near that chain of islands, and then eventually strengthens into a named system (finally becoming a hurricane at some point) in the mid-Atlantic.

Just days after Pennsylvania's Victory Brewing announced it would merge with New York's Southern Tier to form the family office - backed Artisanal Brewing Ventures, a pair of established breweries — Chicago's Goose Island and Delaware - based brewpub chain Iron Hill — today announced transactions of their own.

Formed from volcanic eruptions, the Hawaiian archipelago, like other island chains, has a breathtaking variety of species — many found nowhere else on Earth — that evolved from a few hardy pioneers.

One idea is that there might have been a hot spot, such as the one still forming the Hawaiian island chain, which North America slowly slid over.

The finding, in combination with evidence from previous studies, suggests that these molten regions deep below, near the core - mantle boundary of the Earth, may cause basaltic ocean island chains to form along the surface.

Havre is part of the Kermadec Arc, a chain of volcanoes, some of which reach the surface to form the Kermadec Islands, between New Zealand and American Samoa.

As the plates drift across the hot spots, a chain of volcanoes forms — such as the island chains of Hawaii and Samoa.

They had turned their attention to the chain of Indonesian islands that formed stepping stones from mainland South - East Asia to Australia itself.

Fifteen named storms have formed in the Central Pacific but none have hit the island chain.

Referring to the Tasmanian genocide, Parker says «The settlers believed so strongly that the Tasmanian natives were part animal that they formed a human chain across parts of the island to hunt down and kill all the native peoples.»

And that colonies of Eciton burchelli, an army ant found on an island in Panama, migrate between bushes by constructing thick chains of ants — formed by the interlocking of mandibles — that subsequent ants use for transportation.

Between 3 million and 5 million years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions formed the Galápagos archipelago, a chain of 19 islands and dozens of islets.

According to the report of the British Honduras Land Use Survey Team of 1959, «the connected chains of coral islands known as Ambergris Caye was formed from the accumulation of coral fragments... first as a shoal patch.

The report of the British Honduras Land Use Survey Team of l959 notes: «The connected chains of coral islands known as Ambergris Caye was formed from the accumulation of coral fragments... first as a shoal patch.

Maldives is an enchanting island nation floating in the Indian Ocean, formed by a double chain of 26 atolls, with approximately 200 inhabited islands.

The Cumberland and Northumberland Island groups, commonly called the Whitsunday Islands, form the largest offshore island chain on Australia's east coast and provide a magical holiday escape with something for eveIsland groups, commonly called the Whitsunday Islands, form the largest offshore island chain on Australia's east coast and provide a magical holiday escape with something for eveisland chain on Australia's east coast and provide a magical holiday escape with something for everyone.

It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west.

It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with...

Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park.

THE ABACOS The Abacos are a group of islands and cays that form a 120 - mile long chain stretching over 650 square miles.

It forms part of the chain of It is surrounded by a number of smaller islands locally called Gili.

An atoll is a ring - shaped reef, island or chain of islands formed of coral....

Each temple was built within eyesight of one other to form a chain along the southwest coast of the island.

Thatch Caye, a natural island complex that forms a 12 acre marine park in the Cocoplum chain is just 9 miles from Dangriga in south - central Belize and only two miles from the second largest reef in the western world.

Boulder City - Located 1 km off the east coast of Koh Payan, Island number 3, and about 400m south east of Sharkfin Reef, Boulder City forms a chain of submerged boulder formations.

Increased carbon dioxide has already lowered the pH of the surface ocean; this is expected to have a negative effect on survival of plankton, the base of the marine food chain, and the growth and health of corals, which form biodiverse reefs in shallow waters of the Hawaiian Islands and Florida, and deep reefs in Alaska and the Southeast U.S. Invasive species are increasingly being recognized.

Hawaii, the chain of islands formed by volcanic eruptions thousands of years ago, was the last state to enter the Union in 1959.