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
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Wallace Line

Summary

Wallace Line is a biogeographic boundary[1]. It draws 920 Wikipedia views per month (biogeographic_boundary category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wallace Line is in the country of Indonesia[3].
  • Wallace Line's video is recorded as Was ist die Wallace-Linie?.webm[4].
  • Wallace Line's image is recorded as Wallace-line1.jpg[5].
  • Wallace Line's instance of is recorded as biogeographic boundary[6].
  • Alfred Russel Wallace is named after Wallace Line[7].
  • Wallace Line's locator map image is recorded as Map of Sunda and Sahul 2.png[8].
  • Wallace Line's Commons category is recorded as Wallace Line[9].
  • Wallace Line's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g5mt[10].
  • Wallace Line's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Wallace-Line[11].
  • Wallace Line's named by is recorded as Thomas Henry Huxley[12].
  • Wallace Line's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 132622[13].
  • Wallace Line's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 194407505[14].
  • Wallace Line's A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences entry ID is recorded as 9099[15].

Body

Geography

Wallace Line is in the country of Indonesia[3].

Designation and Status

Wallace Line's instance of is recorded as biogeographic boundary[6].

History and Context

Alfred Russel Wallace is named after Wallace Line[7].

Why It Matters

Wallace Line draws 920 Wikipedia views per month (biogeographic_boundary category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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