Iibhodi zeSizwe zoKhenketho zaseOceania

Amazwe azimeleyo eMicronesia, eMelanesia nasePolynesia

Abadlali beGeographer basebenzisa igama elithi Oceania kwingingqi enkulu neyohlukeneyo yePacific. Iquka iAustralia, iPapua New Guinea, iNew Zealand kunye nePacific Islands kwiMelanesian, eMicronesia nasePolynesia.

Apha, sigxininisa kwiintlanga ezizimeleyo kumaqela amathathu amathathu ase-Pacific Islands e-Oceania: iMelanesia, iMicronesia nePolynesia.

Ukujonga kwiibhodi zezokhenketho zase-Australia, eNew Zealand nasePapua New Guinea, nqakraza apha .

"I-Oceania" ayilona xesha elichanekileyo. Intsikelelo yalo kuxhomekeke ekubeni umntu ujonga i-geologic, biogeographic, ecogeographic, okanye i-geopolitical boundaries. Sisebenzisa inkcazelo ye-geopolitical ye-Oceania, esetyenziswe yiZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye nama-atlases amaninzi. Akubandakanyi iziqithi ze-Indo-Austrialian Archipelago: iBrunei, East Timor, i-Indonesia, iMalasia kunye namaFillipines.

Ezinye zeziqithi zase-Oceania zizizwe ezizimeleyo. Abanye bahlala bengaphandle okanye kwimimandla ephesheya kweentlanga ezifana ne-Australia, iChile, iFransi, iNew Zealand, i-UK kunye ne-US. Olu luhlu lujolise kumazwe azimeleyo e-Oceania, ngaphandle kwe-Australia, iNew Zealand ne-Papua New Guinea.

Ngaphandle kwelizwekazi lase-Australia, i-Oceania inemimandla emithathu enkulu: iMelanesia, iMicronesia nePolynesia. Iintlanga ezizimeleyo zaseMelanesia ziyiFiji, iPapua New Guinea, iSolomon Islands kunye neVanuatu. I-Micronesia yiNauru, iPalau, iKiribati, iMarshall Islands, kunye ne-Federated States yaseMicronesia (iChuuk, iKosrae, iPohnpei neYap). IPolynesia iquka iintlanga ezine ezilawulayo: iSamoa, iTonga, iTuvalu kunye neNew Zealand.

Ukuqhuma kwe-volcanic erangqa kwakha iziqithi ezinkulu zase-Oceania. Amaninzi amancinci akhula ukusuka kwi-coral ephilayo. Umhlaba, ulwandle, isibhakabhaka, iintlobo zezinto eziphilayo kunye neenkcubeko zaseOceania zibeka i-tapestry enemibala, ebonisa ukukhanya kwezinto eziphilayo ezivela kwidwala elishiyekileyo liya kwiparadesi ye-tropical.

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