Friday, November 2, 2018

Biomes of Sundaland

During the last ice age the world was dryer and slightly cooler as much of the water was locked up in ice-sheets. Sundaland had a range of biomes, from mountain jungles to swamps and tropical shrub and grasslands.

Here's a vegetation map from WikiPedia of the world during the last ice age. Click the image for a bigger view so you can read the legend.

Ice Age vegetation map




Ice Age vegetation map Eurasia and Africa


Sundaland vegetation map

From a research paper:

Sundaland ecosystem map


The results indicate that central Sundaland, exposed because of lower sea levels at glacial maxima, harbored suitable environmental conditions for Dipterocarpaceae and was probably covered by rainforest

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