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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: 2ob/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 PopulationsCountry Population Country Population Australia 21,129,222 Tonga 100 Papua New Guinea 6,331,000 Kiribati 95
New Zealand 4,271,600 Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
84
Fiji 839 American Samoa (United States) 67
Solomon Islands 496 Marshall Islands 59
French Polynesia (France) 259,596 Palau 20 New Caledonia (France) 240,39 Cook Islands (New
Zealand) 19
Vanuatu 226 Wallis and Futuna (France) 15
Samoa 187 Tuvalu 11 Guam (United States) 173 Nauru 10
Federated States of Micronesia 111 Norfolk Island (Australia) 2,114
Tonga 100 Niue (New Zealand) 1,6
Kiribati 95 Tokelau (New Zealand) 1,4
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) 84 Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) 50
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
New zeland - Sheep
Tasmanian devil
Fidži – Parrot
Indonesia - Orangutang Sumatran
New Guinea - Echidna
Vanuatu - Bat
Whiskered Blackbad
KiwiKiwi live on New Zeland.
TreesKiwi
Kahikatea Tree
Cooffe - tree
Banana tree
Lemon tree
Pineapple 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
The End RUTH and DIANA
• www.wikipedia.cz
www.harlab.com
www.seminarky.cz
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