Meganesia
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Meganesia — /mɛgəˈniʒə/ (say meguh neezhuh) noun the lands, including New Guinea, mainland Australia, Tasmania and all the smaller intervening and adjacent islands, which separated from Gondwana about 96 million years ago and which sit on a common… …
Australia (continent) — Sahul redirects here. For the continental shelf, see Sahul Shelf. Australia (continent) Area 8,468,300 km2 (3,269,629 sq mi) Population 31,260,000 (estim … Wikipedia
Australinea — Continent australien La plaque continentale australienne (en bleu clair)comprend la Nouvelle Guinée mais pas les îles du Pacifique comme la Nouvelle Zélande. En géologie, le continent australien (appelé aussi Australie Nouvelle Guinée, Sahul,… … Wikipédia en Français
Continent Australien — La plaque continentale australienne (en bleu clair)comprend la Nouvelle Guinée mais pas les îles du Pacifique comme la Nouvelle Zélande. En géologie, le continent australien (appelé aussi Australie Nouvelle Guinée, Sahul, Meganesia, Grande… … Wikipédia en Français
Continent australien — 26° S 141° E / 26, 141 … Wikipédia en Français
Papua New Guinea — This article is about the country. For the Future Sound of London single, see Papua New Guinea (song). Independent State of Papua New Guinea Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini … Wikipedia
Australasia ecozone — The Australasian zone is an ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous (by some definitions), with the geographic region of Australasia. The ecozone includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the… … Wikipedia
Wallace Line — The Wallace Line (or Wallace s Line) is a boundary that separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, mostly organisms related to Australian species. The … Wikipedia
Indo-Australian Plate — The Indo Australian Plate is a major tectonic plate that includes the continent of Australia and surrounding ocean, and extends northwest to include the Indian subcontinent and adjacent waters. Recent studies suggest that the Indo Australian… … Wikipedia
Wallacea — is a biogeographical designation for a group of Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. The islands of Wallacea lie between Sundaland (the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and… … Wikipedia
