Sunda Shelf

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The Sunda Shelf is a vast, shallow continental shelf in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s seas and connects the submerged extensions of the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf ⓘ
submerged continental margin ⓘ
associatedWithBiogeographicRegion Sundaland ⓘ
averageWaterDepth less than 200 metres ⓘ
borderedBy Java Trench region to the south ⓘ
deep ocean basins of the South China Sea ⓘ
connectedTo Borneo ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
contains extensive river valley systems buried beneath marine sediments ⓘ
countryOffshoreFrom Cambodia ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
coveredBy shallow epicontinental seas ⓘ
economicImportance hosts hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
important for regional shipping routes ⓘ
supports major fisheries ⓘ
formedLandBridgeBetween mainland Southeast Asia and Borneo during glacial maxima ⓘ
mainland Southeast Asia and Java during glacial maxima ⓘ
mainland Southeast Asia and Sumatra during glacial maxima ⓘ
geologicalAge mainly Mesozoic and Cenozoic basement ⓘ
hasSeafloorType broad, gently sloping shelf ⓘ
importantFor biogeography of Southeast Asian flora and fauna ⓘ
paleoclimate reconstructions ⓘ
sea-level change studies ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
maximumWaterDepth approximately 200 metres ⓘ
paleogeographicRegionName Sundaland ⓘ
partOf Eurasian continental margin ⓘ
Sunda Craton ⓘ
seaLevelHistory exposed as dry land during Pleistocene low sea levels ⓘ
submerged during Holocene sea-level rise ⓘ
sedimentSource large Southeast Asian rivers ⓘ
separates Asian mainland from deeper parts of the eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
Asian mainland from deeper parts of the western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
subregionOf Sunda Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting marginal to the Sunda subduction zone ⓘ
underlies Gulf of Thailand ⓘ
Java Sea ⓘ
Karimata Strait ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
Strait of Malacca ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ujung Kulon National Park → partOf → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Karimata Strait → belongsTo → Sunda Shelf maritime region ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Sunda Plate → contains → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Bangka Belitung Islands → locatedIn → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Bandung metropolitan area → locatedIn → Sunda Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Cimanuk River → ecoregion → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum → causedExposureOf → Sunda Shelf land areas ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Sahul Shelf → separatedFrom → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Wallacea → locatedBetween → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Palawan Microcontinental Block → partOf → Sundaland margin system (broadly defined) ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Bawean → locatedIn → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Sundaland → boundedBy → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Sundaland → geologicalFeature → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Karimata Islands Marine Conservation areas → locatedIn → Sunda Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Lydekker Line → relatedConcept → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Sunda Craton → underlies → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Sahul landmass → separatedFrom → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Cirebon Regency → locatedIn → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Mahakam River region → partOf → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Iomys sipora → foundIn → Sunda Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf
Palawan faunal region → near → Sunda Shelf ⓘ
Indo-Australian region → hasPart → Sunda Shelf region ⓘ
linked to: Sunda Shelf