| Climate French Polynesia :
| tropical, but moderate
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| Terrain French Polynesia :
| mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
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| Elevation extremes lowest French Polynesia :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest French Polynesia :
| Mont Orohena 2,241 m
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| Natural resources French Polynesia :
| timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
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| Land use arableland French Polynesia :
| 0,82%
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| Irrigated land French Polynesia :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards French Polynesia :
| occasional cyclonic storms in January
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| Environment current issues French Polynesia :
| NA
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| Geography note French Polynesia :
| includes five archipelagoes (4 volcanic, 1 coral); 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
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