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Wallace Line

faunal boundary line separating the ecozones of Asia and Wallacea, a transitional zone between Asia and Australia
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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 19,395 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 instance of is recorded as biogeographic boundary[4].
  • Alfred Russel Wallace is named after Wallace Line[5].
  • Wallace Line's Commons category is recorded as Wallace Line[6].
  • Wallace Line's different from is recorded as Lydekker's line[7].
  • Wallace Line's different from is recorded as Weber's line[8].
  • Wallace Line's named by is recorded as Thomas Henry Huxley[9].

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Geography

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

Designation and Status

Wallace Line's instance of is recorded as biogeographic boundary[4].

History and Context

Alfred Russel Wallace is named after Wallace Line[5].

Why It Matters

Wallace Line draws 19,395 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.[10] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Alfred Russel Wallace Indonesia Thomas Henry Huxley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Lydekker's line, Weber's line
    Named after → Alfred Russel Wallace
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'com
    Named by → Thomas Henry Huxley
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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