ARCHIPELAGO
群島
An archipelago is a cluster of islands that is formed tectonically. The etymological origin of the word translates as chief sea, referring to the Aegean Sea with its numerous islands. It now commonly refers to any island group, or to a sea containing a large number of scattered islands. Five large nations that are mainly archipelagos are Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.
群島是在地殼構(gòu)造上的一個(gè)島嶼群。這個(gè)詞的詞源翻譯為“主要的海”储藐，指的是愛琴海及其眾多島嶼】烀現(xiàn)在钥星，它通常指的是任何一個(gè)島嶼群就乓，或者是包含大量分散島嶼的海域坝茎。五個(gè)主要群島的大國(guó)是印度尼西亞片部、日本镣衡、新西蘭、菲律賓和英國(guó)档悠。
Archipelago may also refer to a group of human settlements scattered within a region. This type of clustered pattern is typically found in agriculture areas where several settlements are distributed in relatively close proximity.
群島也可以指分散在一個(gè)區(qū)域內(nèi)的一組人類定居點(diǎn)廊鸥。這種集群式的模式通常出現(xiàn)在農(nóng)業(yè)地區(qū)，那里的幾個(gè)聚落分布在相對(duì)接近的地方辖所。
