The land area of this region is characterized by rain forests, paddy fields, and countless islands, while the coastal area is characterized by its bio-geomorphology such as mangrove forests and coral reefs. Numerous large and small islands subdivide the region into different seas, which are connected with each other by a large number of passages and channels. Deep trenches, high mountain chains, many volcanoes, deep sea basins, and innumerable coral islands form a complexity of phenomena that are not found over such an extended area in any other part of the world.
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Yanagi, T., Cho, K. (2008). Drivers for Changes in the Coastal Zone. In: Mimura, N. (eds) Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management. Coastal Systems and Continental Margins, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3625-5_2
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