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Bookmark or Share- Australasia | Islands, Countries, Cultures | BritannicaOceania has traditionally been divided into four parts: Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Oceania, collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas.
- Australia and Oceania: Physical Geography - EducationAustralia, Zealandia, and New Guinea are continental islands. These three regions share some physical features. All three have mountain ranges or highlands—the Great Dividing Range in Australia; the North Island Volcanic Plateau and Southern Alps in New Zealand; and the New Guinea Highlands in Papua New Guinea.
- Australasia | Realm & Subrealms - One EarthThe Australasia realm is dominated by the Australian continent and two additional subrealms—New Zealand and the Australasian Islands & East Indonesia—with 16 bioregions in total as defined in the One Earth Bioregions Framework.
- Unique Features of the Australasian Geographic ZoneThe Australasian zone contains geographical characteristics unlike anywhere else, but shares common land masses, flora and fauna with areas in Antarctica, Southeast Asia, and its neighboring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- Australasia - New World EncyclopediaAustralasia is a term used to describe a region within Oceania. The physical countries, islands or regions that comprise Australasia vary greatly depending upon the sources cited. The most commonly used include:
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