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Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania





Some Oceanian islands are surrounded by the depths of the Pacific Ocean and are a few miles away from the country/continent of Australia. Near the east coast of Australia lies a belt of coral reefs also known today as the Great Barrier reef, which streches 2,000 kilometers in lenth. The reef has beautiful clear water and many types of exotic sea creatures like fish, sharks, and so many more fascinating animals. Many of the exotic fish species vary in hues and sizes, they also vary in shape and color.There is a small mouth at the end of the great barrier reef which connects the great barrier reef to the pacific ocean.The waves in the pacific create a beautiful view and a great arch but they are not always this pleasant. The waves are sometimes tough on boats, canoes, and cayaks for if the waves reach a certain height they could very well knock the boaters off their transportation.

Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania islands Some of the islands still have many active volcanoes like the Gemini Seamount in Vanuatu. Researchers say that there is a possibility that the islands cold be volcanic islands which means that volcanoes could have created these islands in Oceania.Oceania has become very popular over the last 168 years, they have gone from little poulation to 32 million,and if u ask me that is pretty poulated for all those tiny islands.

Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania Oceania is mainly covered with grasslands, savannas, mountains, volcanoes, and hills. They do have streets and city buildings but those are what you would see if you lived in urban places. Some of the hills and mountains are near valleys or rivers but some are not. The volcanoes on these islands are usually found on land but some are found in the sea, there are not too many active volcanoes in Oceania but there are a few.

Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania The weather in Oceania is usually tropical, subtropical, and humid.Some storms come occasionally and some sre very rare. The common storm is a little rain, some thunder, a little lightning, and high waves. An annual storm is like a cylone which usually comes in January and causes quite some damage. Most people recover quickly and get back to their everyday lives.If you live near the shoreline or the coast you probably get a soft warm sea breeze but its not a strong wind like a hurricane wind.

Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania People use the time zone map and the international dateline to determin the time,date, and month, it is in the islands and Australia.

Sarah Tappen Smith, 1841 Oceania, trees There are tons and tons of different trees and Oceania and they are all used for different things like the tamanu tree, they actually take the oil from this tree and they apply it to cuts, burns, scrapes, bug bites, etc. and it actually heals these thing or makes it feel better. The tamanu tree is 25 or 30 meters high and has dark green leaves and on the end there is a white flower. They get the oil from a nut on the tree. Another tree is the breadfruit tree, the bread fruit tree grows as high as 20 meters and they have dark thick leaves that contain tree yield latex which is a milky substance. This tree produces about 200 fruits per season and usually before eaten they are fried, baked, roasted, or boiled. You can also take a whole fuit and after cooked you can put coconut milk or sugar or butter or even other fruits inside the breadfruit.The breadfruit can also be used to cure eye illness and part of it is used to build paper which id called the breadfruit tapa. 25 percent of the breadfruit is carbohydrates and 70 percent is made up of water so it is a very interesting.Another tree is a coconut tree which grows 30 meters high and is a type of a palm tree. The tree trunk is smooth and they have pinnate leaves which grow 4 to 6 meters long.The cocnut tree grows in warm tropical environments like on a shoreline, coastline and even some beaches on the islands in Oceania.Coconuts are a tropical fruit that grows on the coconut tree and can be eaten or used for a tasty drink(coconut milk)when its really hot outside. The coconut palm is very beautiful and useful,and alot of tropical places like Oceania or the phillipines have many many coconut trees due to there tropical climate. Another tree called the auti or the paper mulberry is very useful in this region. This tree grows up to 15 meters high and has different shapes of leaves even on the same branch. This deciduous tree with beautiful red and pink flowers which produce a tasty fruit that wild animals eat. Since the bark is very very strong some of the people use it to make strong sturdy paper and the tiny twgs of this tree is a tasty snack for deer. The bark is also used for clothes, they take the bark and turn it ino cloth they then dye it to make traditional patterns and they wear these clothes to ceremonies for the different islands in Oceania. Another tree is called the taro tree which produces vegetable food and a leaf vegetable which is edible for these Oceanians. Even though this plant is toxic the toxicans can be removed by cooking this plant, then you can enjoy this plant for breakfast lunch or dinner. The leaf vegetables are filled with nutrients, vitamins and minerals which makes it healthy for humans after cooked at least. Alot of the plants that were there 168 years ago ar still there today like vines, oranges, limes,pine apples and other veggies and fruits but there are also some new plants like bananas, coconuts and so much more.

Sarah Tappen Smith,1841 Oceania,animals Oceania has lots of exotic sea creatures like may different species of fish and sharks but there are also some other animals we don't know so much about like that they have lizards, geckos, birds, skinks,koalas, bats, crocodiles, turtles, spiders, kangaroos and so many more fascinating animals.Oceania also has peacocks, frogs, dingos, badgers, rats, seals, sting rays, possums, squirrels, chipmunks and so many more interesting animals. Most of the turtles are sea turtles but some are land turtles. When you go scuba diving in a coraal reef you would most likely see sting rays, turtles, fish, sharks, and lots of other sea creatures living in this tropical warm, marine water biome.