Wallace Line
English
Etymology
Wallace + line.Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who noticed this clear division during his travels through the East Indies in the 19th century.
Proper noun
the Wallace Line
- A faunal boundary line that separates the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia.
- 2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, page 39–62:
- There are numerous species of bulbul in India, yet there are also numerous species of bulbul in China, Southeast Asia, and thence all the way eastwards to the Wallace Line.
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Related terms
- Wallacea
Translations
line that separates the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea
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