Wallacea

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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.

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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

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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