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    Borneo

    Third largest island in the world by area, located in south-east Asia

    Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of 748,168 km², and population of 23,053,723. Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is divided by the equator, roughly in half between the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The island is politically divided among three states. The sovereign state of Brunei in the north makes up 1% of the territory. Approximately 73% of Borneo is Indonesian territory, and in the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Borneo (/ ˈ b ɔːr n i oʊ /; also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of 748,168 km 2 (288,869 sq mi), and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). [1] [2] [3] Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda Islands, located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of ...
    • 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 ...

  3. britannica.com

    Borneo is largely covered in dense rainforest, and both the floral and the faunal populations of the island are extremely varied.There are extensive stands of teak, oak, conifers, and hardwoods of the Dipterocarpaceae family (including members the commercially valuable genus Shorea).The forests are also noted for their epiphytes and for the monster flower (Rafflesia arnoldii), the largest ...
  4. britannica.com

    Borneo - Indigenous Tribes, Rainforest, Colonization: Evidence for prehistoric human occupation of Borneo has been found at Neah Cave in Sarawak, including fossil bones, stone tools, and wall and ceiling paintings. Borneo is first mentioned in Ptolemy's Guide to Geography of about 150 ce. Roman trade beads and Indo-Javanese artifacts have been discovered that give evidence of a flourishing ...
  5. newworldencyclopedia.org

    Borneo, the world's third-largest island, sits astride the Equator at the center of the Malay Archipelago, the Earth's largest group of islands. Among islands, only Greenland and nearby New Guinea surpass it in size, which at 743,330 km² is slightly larger than Texas.It is also the only island on the planet divided among three countries. The southern two-thirds of the island belongs to ...
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    Location map of Borneo in SE Asia. The Red River Fault is included in the map. The base of rocks that underlie Borneo, an island in Southeast Asia, was formed by the arc-continent collisions, continent-continent collisions and subduction-accretion due to convergence between the Asian, India-Australia, and Philippine Sea-Pacific plates over the last 400 million years. [1]
  7. borneovibes.com

    Borneo's history is a compelling chronicle of resilience, diversity, and adaptability. From its ancient kingdoms to its modern challenges, the island has continually evolved while striving to retain its unique heritage. Understanding this history is not just about preserving the past; it's about ensuring that future generations can learn from ...
  8. wikiwand.com

    The critically endangered Bornean orangutan, a great ape endemic to Borneo. The Borneo rainforest is estimated to be around 140 million years old, making it one of the oldest rainforests in the world. [32] The current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the Borneo lowland rain forests for millions of years. [33] It is the centre of the evolution and distribution of many ...
  9. territories' of North Borneo and Sarawak were already part of an established Malaysian state while Brunei was well on the way to full independence. How is it, then, that half a century later local leaders feel the need to urge a fresh look at the history of the Borneo states, a history they consider to be still dominated by the colonial legacy?
  10. britannica.com

    Borneo, Island, Malay Archipelago.Bounded by the South China Sea, the Sulu and Celebes seas, the Makassar Strait, and the Java Sea, it is the third largest island in the world, measuring about 292,000 sq mi (755,000 sq km).The northern part includes the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the sultanate of Brunei; the southern section (Kalimantan) forms part of Indonesia.
  11. borneohistory.net

    Pre-History of Borneo. During the height of the cold times during the Pleistocene (2.58 million to 11,700 years ago), all the land was connected and called Sundaland. The Malay Peninsula was connected to Borneo, Java and Sumatra. The water was locked up in ice in the north. The last time these areas were connected was 18,000 years ago.
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