Biodiversity in Cook Islands (COK)
| FishBase | Complete | Literature | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Families | Species | Families | |||
| Marine | 411 | 129 | No | |||
| Freshwater | 1 | 1 | No | |||
| Total | 420 | 131 | No | |||
| Conservation | |
| Geography and Climate |
Cook Islands are group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, located in Oceania, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. Area comparatively 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC. Climate is tropical; moderated by trade winds. Terrain consists of low coral atolls in north; volcanic, hilly islands in south. Elevation extreme has the lowest point in Pacific Ocean 0 m and highest point: Te Manga 652 m. Land use: arable land: 9%, permanent crops: 13%.
Natural hazards are typhoons (November to March). Ref. Anonymous, 1999 |
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