The area of Sundaland encompasses the Sunda Shelf, a tectonically stable extension of Southeast Asia's continental shelf that was … See more

All of Sundaland is within the tropics; the equator runs through central Sumatra and Borneo. Like elsewhere in the tropics, rainfall, rather than temperature, is the major determinant of regional variation. Most of Sundaland is classified as perhumid, or … See more

Early research
The name "Sunda" goes back to antiquity, appearing in Ptolemy's Geography, written around 150 AD. In an 1852 publication, English … See more

• Austronesian languages
• Banda Arc
• Biogeography
• Father Tongue hypothesis
• List of islands of Indonesia See more

The high rainfall supports closed canopy evergreen forests throughout the islands of Sundaland, transitioning to deciduous forest and savanna woodland with increasing latitude. The remaining primary (unlogged) lowland forest is known for giant See more

According to the most widely accepted theory, the ancestors of the modern-day Austronesian populations of the Maritime Southeast Asia and adjacent regions are believed to have … See more

• Review of Oppenheimer's Eden in the East, about Sundaland See more