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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). 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.
- Borneo Lowland Rain Forests
The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the...
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- Brunei Kingdom
The true nature of Brunei's relationship with other Malay...
- Bornean Orangutan
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of...
- Kapuas River
A 1945 map showing the two Kapuas rivers of Borneo (Kapoeas...
- Mount Kinabalu
Sunrise on Mount Kinabalu. Mount Kinabalu (Dusun: Gayo...
- Java
Java [a] is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.It...
- Fauna of Borneo
Fauna of Borneo. Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) is among the...
- Borneo Lowland Rain Forests
Borneo (en malayo: Borneo, en indonesio: Kalimantan) es la tercera mayor isla del mundo y está ubicada en el sudeste de Asia. Se encuentra en el centro de Insulindia. Administrativamente, la isla se encuentra dividida entre Brunéi, Malasia e Indonesia. Los indonesios se refieren a la isla en el idioma indonesio como Kalimantan.
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. It is in the center of maritime southeast Asia. This island is part of three different countries. Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei each have part of Borneo. Indonesia's region is called "Kalimantan" (although Indonesians use this word for the whole island). Malaysia's region of Borneo is called ...
Fauna of Borneo. Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) is among the most iconic animals of Borneo and the flagship of rainforest conservation in South-East Asia. Borneo is the third largest island in the world. In prehistoric times it was connected to the Asian mainland due to geological and climate changes.
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.
Borneo is the third largest non-continental island in the world (after Greenland and New Guinea). The island is located in Southeast Asia, straddling the equator. It's sparsely populated and famous for ancient rainforests filled with wildlife, including several primates and various rare and endangered species.
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 .
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