During Pleistocene glacial maxima, the sea level was lower than at present and the islands of the Sunda shelf (Sumatra, Borneo and Java) and the Asian mainland were connected by lowlands traversed by rivers.
•
Borneo island, made up of three countries which are Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), Brunei (Sultanate) and Indonesia (Kalimantan), is the third largest island in the world.
Borneo | North Borneo | Survivor: Borneo | Southeast Borneo Federation | North Borneo Federation | Madagascar Biodiversity Center | Kayan (Borneo) | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 | Borneo Company Limited | Bibikely Biodiversity Institute | ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity | Tiputini Biodiversity Station | ''Nepenthes robcantleyi'' plants (foreground) at the Borneo Exotics | International Year of Biodiversity | Global Biodiversity Information Facility | Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance | Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration | British Borneo | Biodiversity informatics |