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sky island
Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. The term originally referred to those found on the Mexican Plateau and has extended to similarly isolated high-elevation forests. The isolation has s ...
is a mountain range isolated by valleys in which other ecosystems are located.
Sky island may also refer to:
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''Sky Islands'' (Ramsey Lewis album), 1993
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''Sky Islands'' (Caldera album), 1977
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Sky Island
Sky islands are isolated mountains surrounded by radically different lowland environments. The term originally referred to those found on the Mexican Plateau and has extended to similarly isolated high-elevation forests. The isolation has s ...
'', a 1912 children's fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum
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Sky Island Scenic Byway, Pima County, Arizona, USA; a highway
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Floating island (fiction)
In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means. While ...
, a fictional landmass that floats in the sky
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Isle of Skye
The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of ...
, Scotland, UK
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Island in the Sky (disambiguation)
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