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The 20 pages that link to Sunda Shelf, each with the reason it gives.

• Continental shelfBroader topic: Lower sea levels repeatedly exposed this broad shelf as land.

• SumatraRelated: Lower sea levels once connected Sumatra to the Asian mainland across this shelf.

• SulawesiCompared with: Unlike shelf-connected islands, Sulawesi remained separated from Asia by deep water.

• Wallace LineRelated: When sea levels fell, land connections let many Asian animals spread across this shelf.

• WallaceaNarrower topic: Its edge separates Wallacea from islands that were once land-connected to Asia.

• Makassar StraitRelated: Its shallow seas contrast with the strait’s deep channel and shape regional current routes.

• SahulRelated: It formed the western landmass counterpart to Sahul across the deep-water Wallacean region.

• SundalandNarrower topic: Its submerged surface became dry land when sea levels fell.

• Sunda StraitRelated: Its submerged landscape underlies much of the surrounding shallow seas.

• Java SeaNarrower topic: The Java Sea lies largely atop this submerged extension of mainland Southeast Asia.

• Maritime Southeast AsiaRelated: Lower sea levels once connected several major islands across this shelf.

• Sunda PlateRelated: It forms a submerged extension of the continental crust carried by the Sunda Plate.

• Malay ArchipelagoRelated: It links the western islands geologically to mainland Southeast Asia.

• Sahul ShelfCompared with: Like Sahul, it was exposed during glacial lowstands, but lay west of Wallacea.

• Philippine archipelagoRelated: Lower sea levels once exposed it as a migration route near the southern Philippines.

• Lombok StraitRelated: The deep Lombok passage separates islands associated with the Sunda Shelf from islands farther east.

• Sunda IslandsRelated: Its submerged land connected western islands during ice ages.

• Greater Sunda IslandsRelated: Lower sea levels exposed much of the shelf, joining several islands to mainland Asia.

• Sunda clouded leopardRelated: Past land connections help explain how the cat’s ancestors reached Sumatra and Borneo.

• Past sea levelBroader topic: Its drowned landscapes connect sea-level change with migration routes and prehistoric settlement.