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Wallace Line

faunal boundary line separating the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia
Place Biogeographic Boundary Q210746
Wallace Line
Wallace, Alfred Russel; J. Arrowsmith · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

5 properties

Identity

Instance of
biogeographic boundary

Location

Country
Indonesia[2]
More facts +3
Different from
Lydekker's line, Weber's line[4][5]
Named after
Alfred Russel Wallace[3]
Named by
Thomas Henry Huxley[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sarawak Line en Wallace's Line en Wallace Line ar خط والاس cs Wallaceova linie da Wallacelinjen da Wallace-linjen de Wallace Line de Wallace-Line de Wallace-Linie de Wallace-Graben es Línea de Wallace es Linea de Wallace fi Wallacen linja fr Ligne de Wallace fr ligne Wallace he קו וולאס hu Wallace-vonal id Garis Wallace it Linea di Wallace
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
4569276-2
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences entry ID
9099
Elhuyar ZTH ID
132622
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/Wallace-Line
Freebase ID
/m/01g5mt
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
194407505

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Country 1
Indonesia
Named after 1
Alfred Russel Wallace
Named by 1
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Summary

Wallace Line is a biogeographic boundary[1].

Related Entities

Alfred Russel Wallace Indonesia Thomas Henry Huxley

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Lydekker's line, Weber's line
    Named after → Alfred Russel Wallace
    Named by → Thomas Henry Huxley
    GND ID → 4569276-2
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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