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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

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