Wallace's line
Wallace's line
noun Zoogeography.
an imaginary line that separates the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions and passes between Bali and Lombok, west of Celebes, and east of the Philippines.
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| Wallace's line | |
| —n | |
| the hypothetical boundary between the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographical regions, which runs between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, through the Macassar Strait, and SE of the Philippines | |
| [C20: named after Alfred Russel | |
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