Unreferenced date June 2010 Oceania is one of the WWF ecozone s, and unique in not including any continent al land mass. The ecozone includes the Pacific Ocean islands of Micronesia , the Fiji Fijian Islands ... in the Australasia ecozone . Oceania is the smallest in land area of any of the ecozones. Geology Oceania , is geologically the youngest ecozone. While other ecozones include old continental land masses or fragments of continents, Oceania is composed mostly of volcanic high islands and Coral ... index.cfm Map of the ecozones DEFAULTSORT OceaniaEcozone Category Ecozones Category Oceaniaecozone ... atoll s to large mountainous islands, like Hawaii and Fiji . Climate The climate of Oceania s islands ... grasslands and shrublands . Flora and fauna Since the islands of Oceania were never connected by land ..., the ancestors of Oceania s present flora and fauna adapted to life on the islands. Larger islands ... to island ecologies include giantism, dwarfism, and, among birds, loss of flight. Oceania has a number ... across Oceania. Other plants, notably coconut palm s and mangroves , produce seeds that can float ... trees are ubiquitous across Oceania. Bird s are also an important means of dispersal some plants produce ... across Oceania. Botanists generally agree that much of the flora of Oceania is derived from the Malesia ... for most land animal s, and Oceania has relatively few indigenous land animals compared to other ... large land predator s and grazing mammals, were entirely absent from the islands of Oceania until ... on most of the island groups, there are few if any indigenous mammal species in Oceania. Impact of settlement ... across the whole of Oceania by 1200 Common Era CE . From the seventeenth century onwards European ... to overhunting and deforestation, have dramatically altered the ecology of many of Oceania .... Oceania terrestrial ecoregions Oceania tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Oceania tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests Oceania tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas ... more details
Image Ecozone Australasia.svg thumb The Australasia Ecozone according to the WWF The Australasian zone is an ecozone ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous by some definitions , with the geography geographic region of Australasia . Citation needed date January 2010 The ecozone includes Australia , the island of New Guinea including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesia n province of Papua Indonesia Papua , and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi , the Moluccan islands the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku and islands of Lombok , Sumbawa , Sumba , Flores , and Timor , often known as the Lesser Sundas. The Australasian ecozone also includes several Pacific island groups, including the Bismarck Archipelago , Vanuatu , the Solomon Islands , and New Caledonia . New Zealand and its surrounding islands are a distinctive sub region of the Australasian ecozone. The rest of Indonesia is part of the Indomalaya n ecozone. ref http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial aa.html ref Note that this zonation is based on flora animal s do not necessarily follow the same biogeographic boundaries. In the present case, many bird s occur in both Indomalayan and Australasian regions, but not across the whole of either. On the other hand, there are few faunistic commonalities shared only by Australia and New Zealand, except some birds. Meanwhile, Australia, Melanesia and the Wallacea are united by a large share of similar animals, but few of these occur farther into the Pacific &ndash but on the other hand, much of the Polynesia n fauna is related to that of Melanesia. See also Australasia Oceania References Reflist External links commons inline Australasia http www.panda.org about wwf where we work ecoregions maps index.cfm Map of the ecozones Biomes Category Ecozones Category Biogeography Category Biogeography of Australia Category Australasia ecozone ca Zona austral sia eo A stralazia ekozono fr Australasien ... more details
An ecozone is the largest scale biogeography biogeographic division of the Earth s land surfaces, based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of terrestrial animal terrestrial plant s and animal s. Ecozones represent large areas of the Earth s surface where plants and animals developed ... by the land form region. Example the taiga ecozone in Canada is divided into the taiga plains ..., soil , and other conditions. Biomes are characterized by similar climax vegetation . Each ecozone ... s land masses over geological history class wikitable class wikitable rowspan 2 Ecozone colspan 2 Area rowspan 2 Notes million square kilometres million square miles Palearctic ecozone Palearctic convert 54.1 km2 disp table including the bulk of Eurasia and North Africa Nearctic ecozone Nearctic convert 22.9 km2 disp table including most of North America Afrotropic ecozone Afrotropic convert 22.1 km2 disp table including Sub Saharan Africa Neotropic ecozone Neotropic convert 19.0 km2 disp table including South America and the Caribbean Australasia ecozone Australasia convert 7.6 km2 disp ... is known as the Wallace line . Indomalaya ecozone Indo Malaya convert 7.5 km2 disp table including the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia OceaniaecozoneOceania convert 1.0 km2 disp table including Polynesia , Melanesia , Micronesia , New Zealand and some parts of Australia Antarctic ecozone ... Indomalaya legend d78637 Australasia legend a18fa4 Neotropic legend f9f9f9 Oceania and Antarctic ecozones ... of the Australasian ecozone relative to the Antarctic, Oceanic, and Indomalayan ecozones. In the WWF system, The Australasia ecozone includes Australia , Tasmania , the islands of Wallacea ... South America Northern Andes Orinoco Bioregion Orinoco Southern South America Oceania Palearct Category ... it Ecozona lv Bio eogr fiskais apgabals nl Ecozone ja no kosone pl Krainy zoogeograficzne pt Biorregi o simple Ecozone fi El inmaantieteellinen alue sv Djurgeografisk region uk ... more details
The Prairies Ecozone is a Canada Canadian terrestrial Ecozones of Canada ecozone which spans the southern areas of the Canadian Prairies Prairie provinces of Alberta , Saskatchewan , and Manitoba . It is a productive agriculture agricultural area, and is commonly referred to as Canada s breadbasket . ref name overview Cite web url http www.environnement canada.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial pr default.cfm title Great Plains work Prairies Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 04 ref Farmland covers about 94 of the land, and is the dominant domestic economic activity of the zone, as well as an important factor in Canadian foreign trade. ref name overview Natural gas and oil are abundant in the area. The corresponding Level II ecoregion of the US Environmental Protection Agency is the List of ecoregions in the United States EPA Northwestern Forested Mountains Great Plains Ecoregion . Despite the predominance of farming , less than 10 of the population is involved in agriculture. It is a highly urbanized area, with all major population centres of these provinces located in this ecozone. These include Edmonton , Calgary , Regina, Saskatchewan Regina , Saskatoon ... Row.jpg right thumb 250px Following Alberta s border with British Columbia , this ecozone is adjacent .... The ecozone transformed into a relatively treeless grassland following the last glacial retreat ... ree English vignettes Terrestrial pr land.cfm title Landforms and Climate of the Prairies Ecozone work Prairies Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 04 ref The Stratum strata of sedimentary ... with rich reservoirs of oil and gas . ref name landforms Protected areas Within this ecozone are a number ... apprendre learn prof itm2 crp trc htm ecozone e.asp title Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada work Teacher ... National Park Climate Because of its location east of the Rocky Mountains , the Prairies ecozone ... colder eastward to about convert 17 C . The prairie ecozone is flat to rolling plains for its ... more details
The Indomalaya ecozone is one of the eight ecozone s that cover the planet s land surface. It extends across most of South Asia South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia . File Ecozone Indomalaya.svg thumb 400px The Indomalaya Ecozone Also called the Oriental Realm by biogeography biogeographers , Indomalaya extends from Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China , and through Indonesia as far as Java island Java , Bali , and Borneo , east of which lies the Wallace line , the ecozone boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia ecozone Australasia . Indomalaya also includes the Philippines , lowland Taiwan , and Japan s Ryukyu Islands . Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, mostly tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests , with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The tropical moist forests of Indomalaya are dominated by trees of the dipterocarp family Dipterocarpaceae . Major ecological regions The World Wildlife Fund WWF divides Indomalaya into three bioregions, which it defines as geographic clusters of ecoregions that may span several habitat types, but have strong biogeographic affinities, particularly at taxonomic levels higher than the species level genus, family . Indian Subcontinent The Indian Subcontinent bioregion covers most of India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Nepal , Bhutan , and Sri Lanka . The Hindu Kush , Karakoram , Himalaya , and Patkai ranges bound the bioregion on the northwest, north, and northeast these ranges were formed by the collision of the northward ... and fauna of the Indian subcontinent and the temperate climate Palearctic ecozone. Indochina The Indochina ... straits, allowing a botanic exchange between Indomalaya and Australasia ecozone Australasia ... s Dermoptera and treeshrew s Scandentia , are endemic ecology endemic to the ecozone, as are families ... more details
For the musical artist Neotropic band File Ecozone Neotropic.svg thumb 250 px The Neotropic Ecozone In biogeography , the Neotropic or Neotropical zone is one of the world s eight terrestrial ecozone s. This ecozone includes South America South and Central America , the Mexico Mexican lowlands, the Caribbean islands, and southern Florida , because these regions share a large number of plant and animal groups. It is sometimes used as a synonym for the tropics tropical area of South America, Citation needed date February 2011 although the ecozone also includes temperate southern South America. The Neotropical Phytochorion Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America , which instead is placed in the Floristic kingdom Antarctic Kingdom Antarctic Kingdom . The Neotropic is delimited by similarities in fauna or flora . Its fauna and flora are distinct from the Nearctic which includes most of North America because of the long separation of the two continents. The formation of the Isthmus of Panama joined the two continents two to three million years ago, precipitating the Great American Interchange , an important biogeography biogeographical event. The Neotropic includes more tropical rainforest tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests than any other ecozone, extending from southern Mexico through Central America and northern South America to southern Brazil, including ... Fund for Nature WWF subdivides the ecozone into bioregions , defined as geographic clusters of ecoregions ... Thirty one bird families are endemic to the Neotropical ecozone, over twice the number of any other ecozone. They include rhea bird rheas , tinamou s, curassow s, and toucan s. Bird families originally ... fish families and subfamilies are endemic to the Neotropical ecozone, more than any other ecozone ... Ecozone Category Neotropic Category Neotropic flora Category Floristic kingdoms Category Ecozones ... neotropical ru simple Neotropic ecozone sv Neotropiska regionen tr Neotropik zh ... more details
Image Ecozone Palearctic.svg thumb 400px The Palearctic ecozone. The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozone s dividing the Earth s surface. Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone. It includes the terrestrial ecoregion s of Europe , Asia north of the Himalaya foothills, northern Africa , and the northern and central parts of the Arabian Peninsula . Major ecological regions The Palearctic ecozone includes mostly boreal ecosystem boreal and temperate climate ecoregions, which run across Eurasia from western Europe to the Bering Sea . Euro Siberian region The boreal and temperate Euro Siberian region is the Palearctic s largest biogeography biogeographic region, which transitions from tundra in the northern reaches of Russia and Scandinavia to the vast taiga , the boreal coniferous forests which run across the continent. South of the taiga are a belt of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and temperate coniferous forest s. This vast Euro Siberian region is characterized by many shared plant and animal species, and has many affinities with the temperate and boreal regions of the Nearctic ecoregion of North America . Eurasia and North America were often connected by the Bering land bridge, and have very similar mammal and bird fauna, with many Eurasian species having moved into North America, and fewer North American species having moved into Eurasia. Many zoologists consider the Palearctic and Nearctic to be a single Holarctic ecozone. The Palearctic and Nearctic also share many plant species, which botanists call the Arcto Tertiary Geoflora . Mediterranean Basin The lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea in southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia are home to the Mediterranean basin ecoregions, which together constitute world s largest and most ... ecoregions in the palearctic ecozone other biogeographers identify the ecozone boundary as the transition ... Vietnam on Fan Si Pan , 3140 m and the high mountains of Taiwan . Freshwater The ecozone contains ... more details
See also Antarctic microorganisms Antarctica is one of eight terrestrial ecozone s. The ecosystem includes Antarctica and several island groups in the southern Atlantic Ocean Atlantic and Indian Ocean s. The continent of Antarctica is so cold and dry that it has supported virtually no vascular plants for millions of years, and its flora presently consists of around 250 lichen s, 100 moss es, 25 30 Marchantiophyta liverworts , and around 700 terrestrial and aquatic alga l species, which live on the areas of exposed rock and soil around the shore of the continent. Antarctica s two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass Deschampsia antarctica and Antarctic pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis , are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula . Antarctica is also home to a diversity of animal life, including penguin s, pinniped seals , and whale s. Several Antarctic island groups are considered part of the Antarctica ecozone, including South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , South Orkney Islands , the South Shetland Islands , Bouvet Island , the Crozet Islands , Prince Edward Islands , Heard Island , the Kerguelen Islands , and the McDonald Islands . These islands have a somewhat milder climate than Antarctica proper, and support a greater diversity of tundra plants, although they are all too windy and cold to support trees. Antarctic krill is the keystone species of the ecosystem of the Southern Ocean , and is an important food organism for whale s, Seal mammal seals , Leopard Seal s, fur seal s, Crabeater Seal s, squid , icefish , penguin s, albatross es and many other bird s. The ocean there is so full of phytoplankton because around the ice continent water rises from the depths to the light flooded surface, bringing nutrient s from all ... ecozone Australasia , which were also former parts of Gondwana. Some botanists recognize an Antarctic ... kolossus cawiki display title Category Antarctic ecozone Category Ecozones Category Biogeography ... more details
between these continents, and the Nearctic ecozone shares many plants and animals with the Palearctic . The two ecozones are sometimes included in a single Holarctic ecozone. Many large animals, or megafauna ... Nearctic Ecozone sv Nearktiska regionen zh ... more details
families like the protea s Proteaceae that are also found in the Australasia ecozone . Madagascar ... of the ecozone, with numerous endemic ecology endemic taxon taxa like the lemur s. Madagascar and the Seychelles ... thickets Eastern Madagascar lowland rainforests Endemic plants and animals Plants The Afrotropic ecozone ... Ecozone Category Afrotropic Category Tropics Category Ecozones Category Biogeography ca Zona afrotr pica ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2008 As an ecozone, Oceania includes all of Micronesia , Fiji , and all of Polynesia except New Zealand . New Zealand , along with New Guinea and nearby islands, Australia , the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , and New Caledonia , constitute the separate Australasia ecozone . In geopolitical terms, however, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia are almost always considered part of Oceania, and Australia and Papua New Guinea are usually considered part of Oceania too. Geography of Oceania Category Geography of OceaniaOceania geo stub fr G ographie de l Oc anie ... more details
ecozone Flora and fauna Wildlife of Oceaniaecozone Flora of OceaniaOceaniaecozone Flora and fauna Flora of Oceaniaecozone columns width 450px col1 Flora of American Samoa ref name USIA Flora ... shima Flora of the Volcano Islands span Fauna of OceaniaOceaniaecozone Flora and fauna Fauna of Oceaniaecozone List of birds of Oceania Birds of Oceania List of mammals of Oceania Mammals ... divisions of Oceania Ecozones of OceaniaOceaniaecozone Australasia ecozone Political divisions ...Image LocationOceania.svg thumb 220px Location of OceaniaOceania is a geography geographical , and often ... list North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania Australia plus New Zealand , Africa, and Antarctica ... . International Olympic Committee Turin 2006. ref The boundaries of Oceania are defined in a number ... Guinea , and all or part of the Malay Archipelago . ref http www.m w.com dictionary Oceania Merriam ... http millenniumindicators.un.org unsd methods m49 m49regin.htm oceania title United Nations Statistics Division Countries of Oceania publisher Millenniumindicators.un.org date accessdate 2009 04 17 ref Ethnology Ethnologically , the islands that are included in Oceania are divided into the subregion s of Melanesia , Micronesia , and Polynesia . ref http www.bartleby.com 65 oc Oceania.html Oceania ... as an overview of and topical guide to Oceania TOC limit limit 2 General reference Pronunciation ... Common English name s Oceania , Oceanica ref cite web url http www.memidex.com oceanica title ... ref Official English name s Oceania List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries ... Demonym s Oceanians Geography of Oceania Main article Geography of OceaniaOceania is A geopolitical and geographical region One of the eight terrestrial ecozone s Location Pacific Ocean Mostly in the South Pacific Extreme points of Oceania Elevation extremes Highest point Puncak Jaya in Papua ... 16 m ft 0 abbr on below sea level Extreme points of the Antarctic Oceania Southernmost points ... more details
The colonisation of Oceania includes Colonisation of Australia Colonisation of New Zealand History of Oceania Colonisation Colonisation of the Pacific islands Colonization DEFAULTSORT Colonisation Of Oceania Category European colonisation in Oceania Category History of Oceania Category Colonialism Category History of colonialism OceaniaOceania stub ... more details
For more information, see these articles about telecommunication Communications in Oceania . reference Oceania in topic Communications in Category Communication by region ... more details
Wiktionary Oceania distinguish Oceana Oceania is the geographical region comprising the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia, Australia, and the Malay Archipelago. Oceania may also refer to Nations of Nineteen Eighty Four OceaniaOceania , one of the fictional superstates in George Orwell s novel, Nineteen Eighty Four Oceania song , by Bj rk, from her album Med lla , performed at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics http www.hdehal.com oceaniaOceania movie , an independent film from the San Francisco Bay Area Oceania journal , an Australian academic publication founded in 1930 Oceania Cruises , a U.S. based luxury cruise line MS Oceania , an Italian Line passenger ship, built 1932, sunk 1941 RV Oceania , a tall ship and research vessel owned by the Polish Academy of Sciences Metro Ocean a , a station on the Mexico City Metro Oceania board game , a board game for one or two players. The Commonwealth of Oceana , influential 17th Century political theory book by James Harrington author James Harrington disambig es Ocean a desambiguaci n pl Oceania ujednoznacznienie pt Oceania desambigua o ro Oceania dezambiguizare sk Oce nia tr Okyanusya anlam ayr m ... more details
Remote Oceania is the part of Oceania settled within the last 10,000 years, comprising Island Melanesia south and east of the Solomon Islands archipelago , plus the open Pacific Vanuatu , New Caledonia , Fiji , Palau , Micronesia , and Polynesia . ref Steadman, 2006. Extinction & biogeography of tropical Pacific birds ref Compare Near Oceania . References references Category Geography of OceaniaOceania geo stub es Ocean a Lejana fr Oc anie loign e it Oceania lontana ... more details
This article is about an ecozone and should not be confused with articles covering the physiography physiographic regions covering the same area, which are the Canadian Rockies , Columbia Mountains , and portions of the Thompson Plateau . The Montane Cordillera is an Ecozones of Canada ecozone in south central British Columbia and southwestern Alberta , Canada an ecozone is equivalent to a List of ecoregions in the United States EPA Level I ecoregion in the United States . A rugged and mountainous Ecozones of Canada ecozone spanning 473,000 square kilometres, it still contains two of the few significant agricultural areas of the province , ref name fertile Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial mc human.cfm title Human Activities in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 01 31 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref the Creston Valley and the Okanagan Valley . Primarily a mountain ous region, it consists of rugged ecosystem s such as alpine tundra , dry sagebrush and dense conifer forests. ref name Cite web url http www.evergreen.ca nativeplants learn more montane cordillera.php title Montane Cordillera publisher Evergreen Native Plants Database accessdate 2008 01 31 ref The interior plain s are encircled by a ring ... ecozone11 e.pdf title Montane Cordillera Ecozone publisher Parks Canada accessdate 2008 01 31 ref ... name in the United States for this ecozone, where it is classed as a Level I ecoregion ... and Kootenay River Kootenay . Within the ecozone are also found dozens of provincial parks and seven ... itm2 crp trc htm ecozone e.asp title Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada work Teacher Resource Centre publisher ... Lakes National Park Yoho National Park It is bordered to the west by the Pacific Maritime Ecozone , to the north by the Boreal Cordillera Ecozone , to the northeast by the Boreal Plains Ecozone , and to the southeast by the Prairies ecozone Prairies Ecozone . References Reflist unused references ... more details
Australia Perth br Auckland div div div Oceania is a region centered on the island s of the tropical Pacific Ocean . ref For a history of the term, see Douglas & Ballard 2008 Foreign bodies Oceania and the science of race 1750 1940 ref Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania vary, with it being defined ... url http millenniumindicators.un.org unsd methods m49 m49regin.htm oceania title United Nations Statistics Division Countries of Oceania publisher Millenniumindicators.un.org date accessdate 2009 04 ... almost precisely to the conventional list North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania Australia ... ecozone Wallacea and Australasia or the Pacific ecozone Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia ... associated with Asia instead of Oceania. Demographics by territory The demographic table below shows all inhabited states and territories of Oceania. The information in this chart comes ... noted otherwise or not available NA where sources differ, references are included. clear Oceania Labelled ... Catholic 33.2 , Nauru Independent Church Protestant ref http www.travelblog.org Oceania blog 84053.html ... oceania norfolkislandfacts.html Norfolk Island History and Facts in Brief . Erwin.bernhardt.net.nz. ..., or nonexistent. References Reflist 2 Countries and territories of Oceania Regions of the world Continents of the world state collapsed DEFAULTSORT Demographics Of Oceania Category Oceania Category Demographics by region Oceania ... more details
for the shipbuilding and construction company Atlantic Marine The Atlantic Marine Ecozone is a Canadian Canada marine Ecozones of Canada ecozone that stretches from the Davis Strait to encompass the Grand Banks , to the Avalon Peninsula on the shores of Newfoundland island Newfoundland . It includes all of the southern coast of Newfoundland, all the eastern coast of Nova Scotia , and portions of the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine . The waters of this zone have been overfishing overfished , and in 1992 the Government of Canada banned cod fishing , though there are no restrictions on other species. Shellfish species, including lobster , shrimp , and crab , have become an increasing component of the fishing industry, which has been in decline. Since the late 1990s, the Hibernia oil field Hibernia oil field has become an important economic resource for Newfoundland and Labrador , and the Terra Nova oil field Terra Nova oil field is increasingly important to Nova Scotia. Further oil and gas exploration is being conducted on the Scotian Shelf . ref name people Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Marine atlantic human.cfm title Human Activities in the Atlantic Marine Ecozone work Atlantic Marine Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 09 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Geography Most of the waters in this zone are thousands of metres deep, ref name bernhardt Cite web url http canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca english ecozones atlanticmarine ... Marine Ecozone work Atlantic Marine Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 09 Dead ... of this ecozone, from Greenland to Newfoundland. They have been feared by mariners for centuries ... Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 09 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ... increases significantly, becoming a rich source of food within the ecozone. ref name flora Cite web ... Marine Ecozone work Atlantic Marine Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 ... more details
Infobox Organization name FIBA Oceania image size 180 px motto type List of international sport federations Sports federation formation 1969 headquarters New South Wales , Australia membership 21 national associations leader title President leader name flagicon NZL Barbara Wheadon language English language English website http www.fibaoceania.com www.FIBAOceania.com FIBA Oceania is a zone within the International Basketball Federation FIBA which contains all 21 national basketball associations in Oceania . National teams col start col 4 bk American Samoa bk Australia bk Cook Islands bk Federated States of Micronesia bk Fiji bk Guam col 4 bk Kiribati bk Marshall Islands bk Nauru bk New Caledonia bk New Zealand col 4 bk Norfolk Island bk Northern Mariana Islands bk Palau bk Papua New Guinea bk Samoa col 4 bk Solomon Islands bk Tahiti bk Tonga bk Tuvalu bk Vanuatu col end Top two FIBA Oceania teams class wikitable style text align center Rank Team Points 9 align left bk Australia 279 19 align left bk New Zealand sup C sup 153 sup C sup Current zone champion Competitions FIBA Oceania Championship FIBA Oceania Championship for Women FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament for Women FIBA Oceania Under 17 Championship FIBA Oceania Under 17 Championship for Women External links http www.fibaoceania.com FIBA Oceania Official site http www.aussiebasketball.com AussieBasketBall http www.aussiebball.com AussieBBall International basketball International basketball Women International youth basketball International youth basketball Women Prohoops Women s Professional Basketball Leagues FIBA Oceania teams basketball stub Category International Basketball Federation Oce Category Basketball in New South Wales Category Organisations based in Australia Category Sports governing bodies in Oceania Bask bcl FIBA Oceanya ca FIBA Oceania de FIBA Ozeanien es FIBA Ocean a fr FIBA Oc anie it FIBA Oceania he lv FIBA Oceania ja FIBA pt FIBA Oceania zh ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Law in Oceania refers to the different legal systems within the geographical area of Oceania. Countries such as Australia and New Zealand follow in the Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth tradition of common law, and until recently were subject to the United Kingdom House of Lords . Other countries and islands trace their legal heritage to different former colonialists. See also Legal systems of the world Africa in topic Law of North America in topic Law of South America in topic Law of Asia in topic Law of Law in Europe Oceania in topic Law of Law DEFAULTSORT Law In Oceania Category Legal systems ... more details
has been in some parts of Oceania for at least 400 years since the 1600 s . When the people of New ... was felt in Oceania for the first time. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi asia pacific country profiles 3028825.stm ... Other parts of Oceania hadn t felt the presence of Islam until the 19th century. For instance, the first ... by Dr. Houssain Kettani. Oceania in topic Islam in DEFAULTSORT Islam In Oceania Category Islam in Oceania Category Religion in Oceania Religion in Oceania Category Islam by country Oceania Islam country stub Oceania stub id Islam di Oseania pt Isl na Oceania ... more details
The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone is an Ecozones of Canada ecozone which covers the Canada Canadian provinces of Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia , and New Brunswick , as well as the Gasp Peninsula of Quebec . It is adjacent to the Atlantic Marine ecozone Atlantic Marine Ecozone to the east, and the Mixedwood Plains to the west. The roughly corresponding Level I Ecoregion to this ecozone in the United States Environmental Protection Agency s classification, which is also part of the CEC system, is the List of ecoregions in the United States EPA Northern Forests Northern Forests ecoregion, though that classification includes the woodlands and swamps of northern Michigan and Minnesota. The coastal areas are generally cooler in summer and warmer in winter than the inland regions, with richer soil s suitable for farming . Hence, coastal communities have the greatest concentration of the zone s 2.5 million inhabitants. ref name bernhardt Cite web url http canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca english ecozones atlanticmaritime atlanticmaritime.htm title Atlantic Maritime work Canada s Ecozones, Canadian Biodiversity project last Bernhardt first Torsten publisher McGill University , Redpath Museum ... Terrestrial am human.cfm title Human Activities in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone work Atlantic Maritime Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 03 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The largest urban area in this ecozone is Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax . Geography The Atlantic Maritime ecozone consists of two major regions, the Appalachian Mountains Appalachians ... and Climate of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone work Atlantic Maritime Ecozone publisher Environment ... are typically warmer during the winter, and cooler during the summer, than other regions of the ecozone ..., and just 80 frost free days. ref name landforms Protected areas This ecozone contains a number of protected ... http www2.parkscanada.gc.ca apprendre learn prof itm2 crp trc htm ecozone e.asp title Terrestrial ... more details
The Northern Arctic Ecozone is a Canada Canadian terrestrial Ecozones of Canada ecozone which includes most of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago , the northeast peninsula of Nunavut , and the northwestern tip of Quebec . Its marine borders are with the Arctic Archipelago Marine Ecozone CEC Arctic Archipelago Marine Ecozone , and it is adjacent to the mainland Southern Arctic Ecozone CEC Southern Arctic Ecozone . Sparsely populated, it is home to 15,000 inhabitants, approximately 80 of whom are Inuit . The largest settlement is Iqaluit . ref name people Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial na human.cfm title Human Activities in the Northern Arctic Ecozone work Southern Arctic Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 07 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The cold winters are very dark, typically having no daylight for weeks or even months north of the Arctic Circle . ref name overview Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial na default.cfm title Far North work Southern Arctic Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 07 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Geography Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rock forms the western portion of the ecozone, whereas Precambrian granite is the dominant feature in the east. ref name bernhardt Cite web url http canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca english ecozones northernarctic northernarctic.htm title Northern Arctic work Canada s Ecozones, Canadian Biodiversity project last Bernhardt first Torsten publisher McGill University , Redpath Museum ... vignettes Terrestrial na land.cfm title Landforms and Climate of the Northern Arctic Ecozone work Southern Arctic Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 07 Dead link date October 2010 ... United States . Protected areas Within this ecozone are a number of protected areas. These include ... trc htm ecozone e.asp title Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada work Teacher Resource Centre publisher Parks ... more details
This article is about an ecozone . For the landform it covers part of see Canadian Shield . The Taiga Shield Ecozone is an Ecozones of Canada ecozone which stretches across Canada Canada s subarctic region. Some regions exhibit exposed Precambrian bedrock of the Canadian Shield , the oldest of the world s geological formations. ref name ECoverview Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial ts default.cfm title Overview work Taiga Shield Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 02 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref The world s oldest rocks, dating to four billion years, are found in the Canadian Shield north of Great Slave Lake . ref name landforms Cite web url http www.ec.gc.ca soer ree English vignettes Terrestrial ts land.cfm title Landforms and Climate of the Taiga Shield Ecozone work Taiga Shield Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 02 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref Geography The Taiga Shield ecozone covers almost all of the eastern area of the Northwest Territories , a tiny corner of northeastern Alberta , a narrow strip of all northern Saskatchewan and northwestern Manitoba , as well as all some parts of southern Nunavut . Here, it is interrupted by Hudson Bay , where it abuts with the marine ecozone of the Arctic Archipelago Marine , and resumes on the eastern shores of Hudson Bay on the coast of Quebec, where it continues in a consistently wide strip towards the ocean, encompassing all but a small portion of Labrador . It is one of the largest ecozones in Canada, covering 1.3 million square kilometres. ref name ECoverview Terrain is typically flat or rolling hills ref name bernhardt ... eskers Cite web url http www.heritage.nf.ca environment taiga shield.html title Taiga Shield Ecozone ... Ecozone work Taiga Shield Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate 2008 02 02 Dead link ... Plants of the Taiga Shield Ecozone work Taiga Shield Ecozone publisher Environment Canada accessdate ... more details
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