Celebes : an overview

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Sulawesi Island is an island belonging with the union territory of the Republic of Indonesia, located between the island of Borneo and  the Maluku Islands. With an area of ​​174,600 square km, the island of Sulawesi is the 11th largest island in the world.  One of the world scientific expedition related to Sulawesi, conducted by Alfred Russel Wallace who proposed a boundary line of the flora and fauna that exist in Indonesia. Also expedition Snell (Leiden University) who learn about the subsurface conditions around Sulawesi to the Moluccas. The second scientific expedition of the era used the name 'Celebes'. (8UEKDF82NPZJ )

The government on the island of Sulawesi is divided into six State of the Province of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi Province .Fauna on the island of Sulawesi unique behold. Fauna in there like a mix among the fauna of the region of Asia with the Australian fauna. 

In the long geological history, Sulawesi is formed as a result of the collision two land lines that float. Formation of new land have an impact: a unique ecology. 

Establishment of Sulawesi island.

Eocene (65-40 million years ago)The process of formation of an unique island of Sulawesi has been through a process that is also unique is the end result of a continental drift event that begins 65 million years ago. At that time there are two land that is the precursor foot and Southeast Sulawesi, East, and the forerunner of the foot of South Sulawesi, West and North.Miocene (40-20 million years ago)In this era of plate movement towards the west along with persesaran that cause extreme changes taking place form the mainland. The center of the mainland's third-bent in a collision or a shift, a process that is more powerful than what is happening in both the top and bottom (land north and south). Strong tectonic processes take place in areas that are bent, causing the mixer-mortar types of rocks from different deposition environments.Pliocene (15-6 million years ago)Until this time the mainland's second pulverization process continues, even floaters result of the collision continues to move up closer to the mainland of Borneo and then stop there. And this ancient Sulawesi island back moves eastward away from Borneo.

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