Sentence examples for islands small from inspiring English sources

On many of the islands, small groups of houses have formed into mini-communities.

FOR many politicians of the English-speaking Caribbean islands, small is indeed beautiful, as are their countries.

In the southern part of the state are the "sky islands": small, steep forested mountain ranges that soar above the desert.

When the killings have flared, as they did last week in Halmahera, the islands' small ports have become scenes of panic and anguish.

The encyclopaedias of geography are of particular use in this field because they cover in detail many islands, small cities, and other features that are dealt with in only the briefest fashion elsewhere.

Floating islands, small things moving around, giving your brain the information it wants about what's back there.

Under Indonesian law, mining on islands smaller than 2,000 sq km that adversely affects the local environment is prohibited.

Our results demonstrate a striking decline in avifaunal species richness, particularly in islands smaller than 55 ha, which represent ~ 90% of the ~ 3500 islands in the Balbina reservoir.

Among the 50 studied islands are 30 small islands (smaller than 1 ha), 17 medium islands (between 1 and 5 ha), and 3 large islands (larger 5 ha).

The lack of a proper airport keeps the island small and package-tour-free.

Walpole Island, small, uninhabited coralline limestone island in the French overseas country of New Caledonia, southwestern Pacific Ocean, at the southern tip of the Loyalty Islands.