Noma iyiphi ingxenye yomhlaba ezungezwe yimizimba yamanzi, ibizwa ngesiqhingi noma isiqhingi. Ngakho-ke, isiqhingi sincane kunezwekazi futhi sizungezwe ngokuphelele ngamanzi. Yize iziqhingi eziningi zakhiwe ngokwemvelo, ezinye iziqhingi zokwenziwa, ezakhiwe ngabantu. Iziqhingi zenzeka emifuleni nasemachibini, yize iziqhingi ezinkulu zitholakala olwandle noma olwandle. Lezi ziqhingi ziyahlukahluka ngobukhulu, ubujamo, izimbali, izilwane, isimo sezulu kanye nokuma kwezwe.
Ukuthola inani eliqondile leziqhingi eMhlabeni kungaba inqubo enzima, ngoba akuzona zonke iziqhingi ezitholakele. Iziqhingi ezimbalwa emhlabeni jikelele zikhulu kakhulu, futhi eziningi zazo zingamazwe. Yize izindawo zomhlaba zomhlaba zizungezwe ngokuphelele ngamanzi, akuzona iziqhingi ngenxa yobukhulu bazo obukhulu. Imisele eyenziwe ngabantu iSuez nePanama ayinakwa, njengoba bekungewona amanzi emvelo ahlukanisa amazwekazi.
Nazi iziqhingi eziphezulu ezingama-20 emhlabeni.
Isibalo | Island | Usayizi |
1. | Greenland | 2,130,800 km2 (822,700 sq mi) |
2. | ENew Guinea | 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi) |
3. | Borneo | 748,168 km2 (288,869 sq mi) |
4. | Madagascar | 587,041 km2 (226,658 sq mi) |
5. | Isiqhingi saseBaffin | 507,451 km2 (195,928 sq mi) |
6. | yeSumatra | 443,065 km2 (171,068 sq mi) |
7. | I-Honshū | 225,800 km2 (87,200 sq mi) |
8. | IVictoria Island | 217,291 km2 (83,897 sq mi) |
9. | I-Great Britain | 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi) |
10. | I-Ellesmere Island | 196,236 km2 (75,767 sq mi) |
11. | IsiSulawesi | 180,681 km2 (69,761 sq mi) |
12. | ISouth Island | 145,836 km2 (56,308 sq mi) |
13. | Java | 138,794 km2 (53,589 sq mi) |
14. | ENorth Island | 111,583 km2 (43,082 sq mi) |
15. | Luzon | 109,965 km2 (42,458 sq mi) |
16. | ENewfoundland | 108,860 km2 (42,030 sq mi) |
17. | Cuba | 105,806 km2 (40,852 sq mi) |
18. | Iceland | 101,826 km2 (39,315 sq mi) |
19. | Mindanao | 97,530 km2 (37,660 sq mi) |
20. | Ireland | 84,421 km2 (32,595 sq mi) |
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