Alas Strait
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| Alas Strait | |
|---|---|
| Selat Alas (Indonesian) | |
| File:Gunung Rinjani yang Terlihat dari Selat Alas.jpg The Alas Strait with Mount Rinjani on Lombok in the background. | |
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| Type | strait |
| Basin countries | Indonesia |
| References | Selat Alas: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA |
The Alas Strait is a strait that separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two islands of Indonesia in West Nusa Tenggara province.
The strait was bridged by land until about 14,000 years before present when sea level rose to about 75 meters below present sea level, [1] unlike Lombok Strait and Alor Strait which continued to be water gaps even during the Last Glacial Maximum, at each end of a 400-mile-long island including present-day Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, Solor, Adonara, and Lembata.
See also
[edit | edit source]- Lombok Strait, on the opposite side (west) of Lombok
- Makassar Strait
- Sunda Strait
- Wallacea
References
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