Java Sea: Difference between revisions

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It formed as sea levels rose at the end of the last [[ice age]].<ref>{{cite news

| last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Pleistocene Sea Level Maps | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =The Field Museum | year =2003 | url =http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pleistocene-sea-level-maps

| accessdate = }}</ref> The almost uniform flatness of the sea bottom and the presence of drainage channels (traceable to the mouths of island rivers) indicate that the Sunda Shelf was once a stable, dry, low-relief land area ([[peneplain]]) above which were left standing a few [[monadnocks]] (granite hills that by virtue of their resistance to erosion form the present islands).

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On 29 October 2018, [[Lion Air Flight 610]] crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from [[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]] in [[Jakarta]] heading towards [[Depati Amir Airport]] in [[Pangkal Pinang]]. All 189 passengers and crew on board were presumed dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/lion-air-flight-crashes-in-indonesia-20181029-p50cmu.html|title=Lion Air flight crashes in Indonesia|last=Noyes|first=James Massola, Jenny|date=2018-10-29|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>

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