Wallacea

E236738

Wallacea is a biogeographical region in Indonesia characterized by a unique mix of Asian and Australasian flora and fauna separated from both continents by deep-water straits.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Sahul Shelf to the east ⓘ
Sunda Shelf to the west ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
contains Buru ⓘ
Flores ⓘ
Halmahera ⓘ
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ
Lombok ⓘ
Moluccas ⓘ
linked to: Maluku Islands

Seram ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes

Timor ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
crossedBy Lydekker Line ⓘ
Wallace Line ⓘ
linked to: the Wallace Line

Weber Line ⓘ
dominantHabitats dry forests ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
tropical rainforests ⓘ
faunalRealm Australasian realm (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Australasian realm

Indomalayan realm (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Indomalayan realm
geologicalCharacteristic islands never connected to Asia or Australia by land bridges during Pleistocene low sea levels ⓘ
hasBiogeographicalRole transition zone between Indomalayan and Australasian realms ⓘ
hasCharacteristic mix of Asian and Australasian flora and fauna ⓘ
hasConservationStatus region with significant habitat loss and fragmentation ⓘ
hasHighLevelOf biodiversity ⓘ
endemism ⓘ
hasNotableFauna anoa ⓘ
babirusa ⓘ
maleo ⓘ
tarsiers of Sulawesi ⓘ
hasNotableFlora mix of Asian and Australasian plant lineages ⓘ
importantFor evolutionary biology ⓘ
study of biogeography ⓘ
locatedBetween Sahul Shelf ⓘ
Sunda Shelf ⓘ
locatedIn Malay Archipelago ⓘ
Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
marineContext surrounded by Coral Triangle seas ⓘ
namedAfter Alfred Russel Wallace ⓘ
namedBy Alfred Russel Wallace (eponymous concept, later formalized by biogeographers) ⓘ
partOf Indo-Pacific biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
separatedBy deep-water straits ⓘ
separatedFrom Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
separatedFromSahulShelfBy deep ocean trenches ⓘ
separatedFromSundaShelfBy deep ocean trenches ⓘ
timeNamed 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (66)

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

Maluku Islands → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Wallace Line → regionEastOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Wallace Line → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ
Wallace Line → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ
subject linked to: the Wallace Line
Flores Sea → region → Wallacea ⓘ
Rinca → partOf → Wallacea biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Molucca Sea → region → Wallacea ⓘ
Papunesia → overlapsWith → Wallacea ⓘ
Sumba boobook → isEndemicBirdOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Ambon → locatedInRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
Kioko language → locatedIn → Wallacea ⓘ
Meliphagidae → nativeRange → Wallacea ⓘ
Macrocephalon → habitatRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
Aru Islands → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Halmahera → liesOn → Wallacea region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Seram → biogeographicRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
Sula Islands → partOf → Wallacea biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Sulawesi region → locatedIn → Wallacea ⓘ
Sulawesi region → biogeographicalZone → Wallacea transition zone ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Malesia → separatedFrom → Wallacea ⓘ
Buru Island → region → Wallacea ⓘ
Lease Islands → partOf → Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Sundaland → boundedBy → Wallacea ⓘ
Enrekang Regency → locatedIn → Wallacea ⓘ
Morowali Nature Reserve → partOf → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Luwuk → locatedInIslandRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
Lake Lindu → within → Wallacea biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Lore Lindu National Park → partOf → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Lake Poso → partOf → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Verbeek Mountains → partOf → Wallacea biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Lydekker Line → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ
Muna Island → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Muna Island → hasBiodiversityRegion → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Togean Islands → region → Wallacea biogeographical region ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Sulawesi interior → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ
Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park → partOf → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Ailurops → distribution → Wallacea ⓘ
Banggai Islands → partOf → Wallacea biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Bismarck Range → continent → Australia–New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Maluku Province → locatedInRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
subject linked to: Maluku province
Proto-Celebic language → locatedIn → Wallacea (reconstructed homeland region) ⓘ
linked to: Wallacea
Buru babirusa → nativeRegion → Wallacea ⓘ
Sawuse Sea → region → Wallacea ⓘ