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FRENCH POLYNESIA IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN BETWEEN 7 DEGREES AND SOUTH 27 DEGREES LATITUDE AND 134 DEGREES AND WEST 155 DEGREES LONGITUDE, AND CONSIST OF 120 ISLANDS WHOSE TOTAL LANDMASS IS ONLY ABOUT 4000 km SQUARED. TAHITI IS LOCATED IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS OF THE SOIETY ARCHIPELAGO, AND IS THE LARGEST OF ITS GROUP, COVERING 1040 km SQUARED. THE ISLAND IS CONNECTED BY A LOW ISTHMUS, AND SURROUNDED BY A SINGLE BARRIER REEF.

LAKE VAIHIRIA IS A SMALL FRESHWATER LAKE DEEP, STEEP-SIDED VALLEY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TAHITI, FORMED BY A LANDSLIDE MORE THAN 500 YEARS AGO,

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ALL INFORMATION WAS GATHERED FROM http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2845571