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Wallace's Line

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Wallace's line

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Main Entry: Wal·lace's line

Pronunciation: \ˈwä-lə-səz-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Alfred Russel Wallace

Date: circa 1868

: a hypothetical boundary that separates the highly distinctive faunas of the Asian and Australian biogeographic regions and passes between the islands of Bali and Lombok in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sulawesi, and between the Philippines and the Moluccas

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