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渡瀬線 (watasesen) Japanese meaning: Watase line | Kotomora

渡わた瀬せ線せん

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Meanings

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Watase line

A biogeographic boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental realms, named after the Japanese zoologist Watase Shozaburo. Used in biology and ecology.

渡わた瀬せ線せんは、屋や久く島しまと奄あま美み大おお島しまの間あいだに引ひかれた

Kanji

渡transit, ford, ferry
瀬rapids, current, torrent
線line, track

Related words

ブラキストン線せん
Blakiston's line, another biogeographic boundary in Japan, separating Hokkaido from Honshu. Unlike the Watase line, which divides the Palearctic and Oriental realms, Blakiston's line marks a faunal boundary within the Palearctic realm.

Etymology

Named after the Japanese zoologist Watase Shozaburo (渡瀬庄三郎), who proposed the line in the early 20th century. The term combines his surname 渡瀬 with 線 (line).

生せい

物ぶつ

地ち

理り

学がく

上じょう

の

境きょう

界かい

線せん

です

。

The Watase line is a biogeographic boundary drawn between Yakushima and Amami Oshima.