Indo-Australian region

E946956

biogeographic region tectonic region

The Indo-Australian region is a major tectonic and biogeographic area encompassing the Indian and Australian plates and their surrounding seas and islands, notable for intense seismic activity and exceptional biodiversity.

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Label	Occurrences
Indo-Australian region canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biogeographic region ⓘ tectonic region ⓘ
borders	African Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Antarctic Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	active subduction zones ⓘ exceptional biodiversity ⓘ frequent earthquakes ⓘ high species endemism ⓘ intense seismic activity ⓘ plate collision zones ⓘ tropical and subtropical ecosystems ⓘ volcanic activity ⓘ
crossedBy	Lydekker Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Line NERFINISHED ⓘ Weber Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBiogeographicFeature	Australasian realm components ⓘ Indo-Malayan realm components ⓘ Wallacea transition zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Australian continent ⓘ Himalayan region margins ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahul Shelf region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunda Shelf region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTectonicFeature	Alpide belt segment ⓘ Himalayan orogeny zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Java Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumatra subduction zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunda Trench NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	Australian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesian archipelago ⓘ New Guinea region NERFINISHED ⓘ islands of Southeast Asia ⓘ islands of the Indian Ocean ⓘ parts of the Indian Ocean ⓘ parts of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ surrounding seas of the Australian Plate ⓘ surrounding seas of the Indian Plate ⓘ
influences	Indian Ocean monsoon systems ⓘ marine biodiversity patterns in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ
knownFor	complex biogeographic boundaries ⓘ major earthquake-generating faults ⓘ mixing of Asian and Australasian biotas ⓘ
locatedOn	Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Indo-Pacific region NERFINISHED ⓘ global biodiversity hotspots ⓘ global tectonic plate system ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate → boundedBy → Indo-Australian region ⓘ

subject surface form: Antarctic Plate