Biodiversity French Polynesia (PYF)
 
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Species Families Species Families
Marine 911 119 No 633 Myers, R.F., 1991
Freshwater 41 15 No
Total 934 124 No
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Geography and Climate French Polynesia is located in Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from South America to Australia. French Polynesia has a tropical climate, but moderate. Terrain consists of mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs. Elevation extreme has the lowest point in Pacific Ocean 0 m and highest point in Mount Orohena 2,241 m. Natural resources are timber, fish, cobalt. Land use: arable land: 1%, permanent crops: 6%, permanent pastures: 5%, forests and woodland: 31%, other: 57% (1993 est.). Natural hazards are occasional cyclonic storms in January. Geography—note: includes five archipelagoes; Makatea in French Polynesia is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean—the others are Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Nauru.

Ref.  Anonymous, 1999
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