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Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific (ethnologically divided into the subregions of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia) to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago. The term is sometimes used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate islands, or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone (Wallacea and Australasia) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand or from mainland New Guinea).
The term was coined as Océanie ca. 1812 by geographer Conrad Malte-Brun. The word Océanie derives from the Greek word ὠκεανός (ōkeanós), ocean.
Oceania
Oceania was originally conceived as the lands of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the Straits of Malacca to the coast of the Americas. It comprised four regions: Polynesia, Micronesia, Malaysia (now called the Malay Archipelago), and Melanesia (now called Australasia). Included are parts of three geological continents, Eurasia, Australia, and Zealandia, as well the non-continental volcanic islands of the Philippines, Wallacea, and the open Pacific. It extends to Sumatra in the west, the Bonin Islands in the northwest, the Hawaiian Islands in the northeast, Rapa Nui and Sala y Gómez Island in the east, and Macquarie Island in the south, but excludes Taiwan, the Japanese Archipelago (including the Ryukyu Islands), and Aleutian Islands of the margins of Asia.
As I glance upon the sky there's not a cloud in sight
The rain has crossed my path and has flood the earth below
Flood it flood it out begin flooding the earth stop it stop it now
There's water all around me
There's not a hand to hold onto
Not a breath to fill my lungs
Replace the space with what you are
Rising levels are leaving you below
This correlation between my blood and the water
Lack of each leaves my body depleted
As I set sail for the only land that I have walked upon
it's no longer existent here
Hold your breath now don't let it out
hold your breath now this is your chance to breathe
Why can't you help me now I can't take this anymore