What is Australasia?
[[Image:Ecozone Australasia.svg|thumb|right|250px|The Australasia Ecozone according to the [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]]]] [[Image:Map of Sunda and Sahul.png|thumb|right|250px|Wallace's line delineates Australian and Southeast Asian fauna. The probable extent of land at the time of the [[Last Glacial Maximum]], when the sea level was more than 110 m lower than today, is shown in grey. Note the deep water of the Lombok Strait between the islands of Bali and Lombok formed a water barrier even when lower sea levels linked the now-separated islands and landmasses on either side]] '''Australasia''' is one of the world's [[geography|geographical]] regions. It is unified in [[natural history]] and [[geology]] because of its ancient origin as part of the [[supercontinent]] [[Gondwana]]. It is the geographical area which contains the [[Australasian realm|Australasian ecozone]]. Its islands are all south-east of the [[Bali]]–[[Lombok]] line, known as the [[Wallace Line]], after [[Alfred Russel Wallace]]. The main political entities are [[Australia]], [[Indonesia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Papua New Guinea]]. The main islands are: #[[Flores]] #[[Lombok]] #[[New Caledonia]] #[[New Guinea]] #[[North Island|North Island (New Zealand)]] #[[South Island|South Island (New Zealand)]] #[[Sulawesi]] #[[Sumbawa]] #[[Tasmania]] #[[Timor]] Australasia's region is [[Oceania]]. It includes Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. [[Category:Australasia| ]] {{geo-stub}}