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Oceania

Oceania

Oceania • Oceania (sometimes Oceanica) is a geographical, and often geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity • the term "Oceania" was coined in 1831 by French explorer Dumont d'Urville.

Information • Area: 7. 7 million km • Population: 18 088 000 • Population density: 2 ob/Km The highest point is Mt. Kosciusko (2. 230 m).

Oceania =3 groups • • • Melanesia = black island Micronesia = small islands Polynesia = multiple islands

Type of islands • volcanic islands • coral attols

Climate Low islands are at the mercy of the winds, which can bring enough rain to create lush forests on some islands while leaving others dry wastelands.

Countries and Populations Country Population en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Australia 21, 129, 222 Tonga 100 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea 6, 331, 000 Kiribati 95 Northern Mariana en. wikipedia. org/wiki/New_Zealand 4, 271, 600 Islands (United States) 84 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Fiji 839 American_Samoa 67 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Solomon_Islands 496 Marshall_Islands 59 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/French_Polynesia 259, 596 Palau 20 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/New_Caledonia 240, 39 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/ Cook_Islands 19 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Vanuatu 226 Wallis_and_Futuna 15 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/ Samoa 187 Tuvalu 11 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Guam 173 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/ Nauru 10 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Federated_States_of_ en. wikipedia. org/wiki/ Micronesia 111 Norfolk_Island 2, 114 en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Tonga 100 Niue 1, 6

Population-curiosities • The original inhabitants of Oceania are of different skin color • Melannesian = dark brown • Mikronesanians and Polynesians = light brown colour • New Zealand the original inhabitans = Maori • Immigrants in Oceania = the Indians and Chinese

Economy • New Zealand = modern agriculture - raising of sheep, cattle and fruit (kiwi) • great prospects for the growing tourism

Animals Tasmanian devil New zeland - Sheep Fidži – Parrot Whiskered Blackbad Indonesia Orangutang Sumatran New Guinea Echidna Vanuatu - Bat

Kiwi live on New Zeland.

Trees Pineapple tree Kiwi Banana tree Kahikatea Tree Cooffe - tree Lemon tree

Melanesia • • dense vegetation largest island is Papua New Guinea – numerous fights between different tribes, the incidence of cannibalism (disease Kuru=Crautzfeld - Jacob disease due to consumption of raw brain of enemies killed ) – crops: coconuts, bananas

Solomon Islands • coconut palms New Caledonia French independent territory • large mineral resources (nickel) •

Mikronesia • most islands are raised corals • The Republic of Kiribati, Palau, Nauru states threatened by rising sea levels

Polynesia • Western Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia (Tahiti) , Easter Island, Hawaii • Mururoa Atoll - in the past the French nuclear weapons testing

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