The Lombok Strait is the transition between the biogeographical distribution of fauna Indomalayan ecozone and the distinctly different fauna Australasia that is known as the Wallace Line for Alfred Russel Wallace, who for the first time the distinction between these two major biomes.
Topography of the island is dominated by the centrally located stratovolcano Mount Rinjani, which rises to 3,726 meters (12,224 feet), making it the third highest in Indonesia. In recent volcanic Rinjani was in May-June 2009, which was oozing a small outbreak of "Gunung Baru (New Mountain). Volcano and its crater lake "Segara Anak '(child of the sea), are protected by the National Park established in 1997. In the southern part of the island is a fertile plain where corn, rice, coffee, tobacco, and cotton are grown.
This island is 85% of the population, whose origins sasak thought to migrate from Java in the first millennium BC. Other inhabitants include the 10-15% Balinese, with a small remainder of Chinese, Arabic, Javanese and Sumbawanese. As Sasak population usually practice Islam, the landscape is punctuated by minarets and mosques. Islamic traditions and the impact of holidays on the island of daily activities.
