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Topografiset kartat Windward Islands

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Papeete

France > French Polynesia > Windward Islands

Previously, during the construction of the Faʻaiere water tower with a capacity of 150,000 litres for the drinking water supply of the city of Papeʻetē, a difference in altitude of 37 metres (121 ft) was overcome with a light railway laid on a 220 metres (720 ft) long inclined plane. A winch driven by a…

Keskimääräinen korkeus: 224 m

Mo’orea

France > French Polynesia > Windward Islands

Many Moʻorean endemic species that have gone extinct or been extirpated. The Polynesian tree snails of the genus Partula were largely wiped out after the rosy wolf snail was introduced in 1977, although captive and small refuge populations on Tahiti still exist. In 2019 both Partula rosea and Partula varia…

Keskimääräinen korkeus: 86 m