Little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

disjunct distribution of king crabs.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

This, Dr Ng said, shows a "disjunct" in the theory that "good government stifles".    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

Four of those systems are disjunct, meaning they really have no business in the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Travel] Reference

Two disjunct geographic areas comprise this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests] Reference

There are extensive, disjunct areas of the island above 1,000 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mindanao montane rain forests] Reference

The ecoregion is naturally divided into three disjunct habitat blocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newfoundland Highland forests] Reference

(Some disjunct species occur in the Rocky Mountains of North America.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows] Reference

The Semiarid Uplands ecoregion covers disjunct areas across northern Nevada.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference

Most of the area is covered by raised foothill plains and disjunct loess foothills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe] Reference

The disjunct areas include sand hills and dunes as well as flat sandy recharge areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference

A large number of disjunct species populations of both flora and fauna are found here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern mixed grasslands] Reference

Aspects of disjunct distributions and endemism in the arid parts of the horn of Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Horn of Africa] Reference

Evolution of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct pattern in flowering plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Japan] Reference

The arid Salt Desert Shrub Basins ecoregion includes disjunct playas and isolated sand dunes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference

The Low Mountains and Bajadas include several disjunct hilly areas that have a mixed geology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)] Reference

Many genera and some species and families have disjunct distributions in these distant regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests] Reference

Habitat loss in the three disjunct units is a result of urbanization (New Jersey), and suburban sprawl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Atlantic coastal pine barrens] Reference

This montane refuge supports a disjunct distribution of Himalayan, Australasian, and Indomalayan species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kinabalu montane alpine meadows] Reference

Many communities are naturally disjunct and fragmented, and human fragmentation exacerbates their isolation.    From Wordnik.com.  [California interior chaparral and woodlands] Reference

Some arctic plant species occur as disjunct southern populations or extensions of their usual continental range.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newfoundland Highland forests] Reference

The disjunct Mesic Forest Zone includes the highest forested areas in the western Wallowas and the Blue Mountains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)] Reference

Major concentrations of disjunct arctic and western plant species are found along the north shore of Lake Superior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Canadian Shield forests] Reference

The ecoregion itself is distributed in four disjunct areas, with the largest area in the northern Vogelkop Peninsula.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vogelkop montane rain forests] Reference

Another substantial number of species are found as disjunct populations (mostly from locations in Western Australia).    From Wordnik.com.  [Eyre and York mallee] Reference

The disjunct areas contain Cambrian-age sedimentary rocks of shale, sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, and dolomite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)] Reference

The Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves comprises disjunct and fragmented sites, which presents management challenges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Australian temperate forests] Reference

Small portions of submontane beech and mixed beech forests connect disjunct areas of higher beech forests to the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carpathian montane conifer forests] Reference

The Alpine Zone includes disjunct high elevation, glaciated mountainous areas above timberline across all of Ecoregion 17.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)] Reference

Is it merely whimsical, merely disjunct, merely antagonistic, or can it also be friendly, entertaining, deep, and spacious?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poetry: What Does It Accomplish?] Reference

The arid Salt Desert Shrub Basins ecoregion includes disjunct playas and sand dunes scattered throughout the Wyoming Basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Wyoming (EPA)] Reference

The small, disjunct areas of the Northern Prairie Outliers ecoregion have a blend of characteristics from Ecoregions 32 and 33.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Texas (EPA)] Reference

It is a disjunct series of loess-capped low hills with much greater relief than the surrounding Mississippi Alluvial Plain (73).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (EPA)] Reference

This disjunct region tends to have deeper loess and is steeper, more dissected, and generally more forested than neighboring 74b.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA)] Reference

The disjunct region in Tennessee encompasses those thick loess areas that are generally the steepest, most dissected, and forested.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Tennessee (EPA)] Reference

Location and General Description This ecoregion represents the disjunct peat swamp forests in peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests] Reference

A disjunct population of maples (Acer spp.) occur in mesic pockets, an unusual example of a relict population in a presently dry region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwards Plateau savanna] Reference

Linework for these small disjunct patches wetland follow INEGI classification of "Manglar/Popal/Popal y erosión/Tular" in central Mexico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Mexican wetlands] Reference