ARCHIPELAGO

ARCHIPELAGO

           An archipelago sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain or cluster of islands.
Many of them are volcanic and some others are formed along ocean ridges. The group of islands can be volatile in nature or they can be seen on the ridges of land where it connects to the sea. Many of the Archipelagos are made through volcanic activity and others are forged along major land masses. Sometimes erosion and deposition can be the reason of archipelago landforms. Deposition and erosion can also cause the organization of these landforms. Erosion and tectonic plates shifting sometimes lead to archipelago landforms as some parts of the lands trend away. The movement of tectonic plates and changing of plates can cause archipelago landforms as the land just travels away from a body of land. When some archipelago landforms are made they can cast away from the physical structure of land through erosion or earth quakes. This action is a very slow action. This can take thousands of years.
The fastest archipelagos are made are through volcanic action. A famous archipelago is the Hawaiian Islands, which was created in less than ten thousand years as the plate movement was quick. Volcanic archipelagoes landforms are shaped by underwater volcanoes when they burst under the sea and build a bundle of islands. Galapagos Islands are another best-known volcanic archipelago. For the volcanic activity the archipelago landforms can be concentrated or multiplied in size. Sustained volcanic action can deposit the volcanic matters which can elaborate the island. When water continues hitting the islands, erosion can take place. A larger than average eruption can also wipe out an archipelago, even making it seem it was never there in the first place. Weather can also have a great shock on archipelago landforms, when they are in the tropical areas that can be reached by hurricanes.

Archipelagos are all over the world. The meaning of an archipelago is a grouping of many islands that are in the sea or it can also mean a sea with a grouping of islands. One good example of an ocean archipelago is the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea has a lot of small islands. The British Isles is a great example of an archipelago that is great and not minuscule that most people remember they are.

The world of archipelago landforms is mostly volatile but some great and stable archipelago can be seen around the world. The Florida Keys is another example of great and healthy archipelago which is a group of about seventeen hundred miniature islands. The Keys protract from the southern point of Florida. Some countries are also archipelago land masses like New Zealand and New Guinea.