Sahul: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Meganesia • Greater Australia

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Map showing the Pleistocene-era regions of Sunda, Wallacea, and Sahul in Southeast Asia and Australasia. Sunda covers present-day Borneo, Malaysia, and western Indonesia; Sahul includes Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The regions are separated by the Wallace, Weber, and Lydekker lines, which are marked in red, indicating biogeographical boundaries. Modern coastlines are outlined in blue.

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plate tectonics Pleistocene Epoch continental drift