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The Greater Sunda Islands (Indonesian and Malay: Kepulauan Sunda Besar) are four tropical islands situated within the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.The islands, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Sumatra, are internationally recognised for their ecological diversity and rich culture.
There are about 440 freshwater fish species in Borneo (about the same as Sumatra and Java combined). [39] The Borneo river shark is known only from the Kinabatangan River. [40] In 2010, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) stated that 123 species have been discovered in Borneo since the "Heart of Borneo" agreement was signed in 2007. [41]
Mount Bromo in East Java. Java lies between Sumatra to the west and Bali to the east. Borneo lies to the north, and Christmas Island is to the south. It is the world's 13th largest island. Java is surrounded by the Java Sea to the north, the Sunda Strait to the west, the Indian Ocean to the south and Bali Strait [19] and Madura Strait in the ...
Within the Indonesian archipelago, the “Sunda Islands” form an important subgroup, divided into the Greater Sunda Islands-islands in the western part of Indonesia such as Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Kalimantan), and Sulawesi - known for their large size and dense population and the Lesser Sunda Islands, which extend eastward from Bali and are ...
Java, formerly Jawa Dwipa. Sumatra, formerly Swarna Dwipa. Borneo: divided between the Indonesian region Kalimantan, the country of Brunei and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. Sulawesi, formerly Celebes. Lesser Sunda Islands. Bali; Lombok; Sumbawa; Flores; Sumba; Timor: divided between Indonesian West Timor and the country of East Timor.
[7] [6] When the sea level was decreased by 30–40 meters or more, land bridges connected the islands of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra to the Malay Peninsula and mainland Asia. [2] Because the sea level was 30 meters or more lower throughout much of the last 800,000 years, the current status of Borneo, Java, and Sumatra as islands has been a ...
Sumatra [a] (/ s ʊ ˈ m ɑː t r ə /) is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km 2 (182,812 mi. 2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago.
One cultural pattern consists of the formerly Indianized, rice-growing peasants in the valleys and plains of Sumatra, Java, and Bali, another cultural complex is composed of the largely Islamic coastal commercial sector, a third, more marginal sector consists of the upland forest farming communities which exist by means of subsistence swidden ...