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Borneo Lowland Rain Forests
The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, of the large island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. [1] It supports approximately 15,000 plant species, 380 bird species and several mammal species. The Borneo lowland rain forests is diminishing due to logging, hunting and conversion to commercial land use.
List of Islands by Area
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
Bornean Orangutan
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is an orangutan species endemic to the island of Borneo.It belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia and is the largest of the three Pongo species. It has a coarse, reddish coat and up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long arms.
Kapuas River
A 1945 map showing the two Kapuas rivers of Borneo (Kapoeas on the map) The Kapuas River (Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia.At 1,143 kilometers (710 mi) in length, it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river in Indonesia [9] [10] and one of the world's longest ...
Mount Kinabalu
Sunrise on Mount Kinabalu. Mount Kinabalu (Dusun: Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu, Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia.With an elevation of 4,095 metres (13,435 ft), it is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, the 28th highest peak in Southeast Asia, and 20th most prominent mountain in the world. The mountain is located in Ranau district, West Coast ...
Java
Java [a] is one of the islands in Indonesia.It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 153.8 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 54% of the Indonesian population. [2] Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast. Many of the best known events in Indonesian history took ...