Wallacea

E236738

biogeographical region

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Wallacea canonical	25
Wallacea biogeographical region	4
Wallacea biodiversity hotspot	3
Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands biogeographical region	1
Wallacea region	1
Wallacea transition zone	1

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 ⓘ Maluku Islands ⓘ surface form: Moluccas Seram ⓘ Celebes ⓘ surface form: Sulawesi Timor ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
crossedBy	Lydekker Line ⓘ the Wallace Line ⓘ surface form: Wallace Line Weber Line ⓘ
dominantHabitats	dry forests ⓘ montane forests ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ
faunalRealm	Australasian realm ⓘ surface form: Australasian realm (partly) Indomalayan realm ⓘ surface form: Indomalayan realm (partly)
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 ⓘ surface form: 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

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Do not get too wordy.
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Input

Subject: Wallacea
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (35)

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

Maluku Islands → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

Celebic–South Halmahera languages → region → Wallacea ⓘ

Eulipoa wallacei → distributionRegion → Wallacea ⓘ

Wallace Line concept in biogeography → regionEastOf → Wallacea ⓘ

subject surface form: Wallace Line

Wallace Line concept in biogeography → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ

subject surface form: Wallace Line

the Wallace Line → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ

subject surface form: Wallace Line

Flores Sea → region → Wallacea ⓘ

Rinca → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biogeographical region

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 ⓘ

Prosciurillus → biogeographicRegion → Wallacea ⓘ

Halmahera → liesOn → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea region

Seram → biogeographicRegion → Wallacea ⓘ

Telmatherinidae → belongsToBiogeographicRegion → Wallacea ⓘ

Sula Islands → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biogeographical region

Sulawesi region → locatedIn → Wallacea ⓘ

Sulawesi region → biogeographicalZone → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea transition zone

Malesia → separatedFrom → Wallacea ⓘ

Buru Island → region → Wallacea ⓘ

Lease Islands → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands biogeographical region

Sundaland → boundedBy → Wallacea ⓘ

Enrekang Regency → locatedIn → Wallacea ⓘ

Morowali Nature Reserve → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biodiversity hotspot

Luwuk → locatedInIslandRegion → Wallacea ⓘ

Lake Lindu → within → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biogeographical region

Lore Lindu National Park → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biodiversity hotspot

Lake Poso → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biodiversity hotspot

Verbeek Mountains → partOf → Wallacea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallacea biogeographical region

Lydekker Line → relatedConcept → Wallacea ⓘ