SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Scattered islands surrounded by an expanse of water.
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An island with water on 3 sides.
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A supercontinent
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A subcontinent
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Detailed explanation-1: -An archipelago is a group of islands closely scattered in a body of water. Usually, this body of water is the ocean, but it can also be a lake or river. Most archipelagoes are made of oceanic islands. This means the islands were formed by volcanoes erupting from the ocean floor.
Detailed explanation-2: -A large group or chain of islands are called archipelago.
Detailed explanation-3: -n. an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
Detailed explanation-4: -An island is a body of land surrounded by water. Continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big, they are not considered islands. Australia, the smallest continent, is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island.