How do you use Sahul in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sahul in a sentence
Sahul meaning
The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.
Using Sahul
- The main meaning on this page is: The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.
Context around Sahul
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sahul
- In this selection, "sahul" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shelves stand out and add context to how "sahul" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continent of sahul the combined and sunda and sahul shelves average. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sahul" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sahul
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sea depths in the Sunda and Sahul shelves average convert or less. (12 words)
New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul—the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today—took 10,000 years. (36 words)
New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul—the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today—took 10,000 years. (36 words)
Sea depths in the Sunda and Sahul shelves average convert or less. (12 words)
Example sentences (2)
New research has revealed that the process of 'peopling' the entire continent of Sahul—the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when sea levels were much lower than today—took 10,000 years.
Sea depths in the Sunda and Sahul shelves average convert or less.