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Gau (pronounced “ngau” with a soft “ng”) is Fiji’s fifth largest island, with an area of 140 km2. Its rugged inland topography comprises the northern upland, which is dominated by the twin summits of Delaco (715 m) and Delacoboni (705 m) and the main ridge running southward. Fifty-five percent of the island supports dense rain forest, while the rolling country of the eastern coast and the island’s extremities are covered with grass or reed, with some recently established plantations of Caribbean pine.
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Watling, D., Gillison, A.N. (1995). Endangered Species in Low Elevation Cloud Forest on Gau Island, Fiji. In: Hamilton, L.S., Juvik, J.O., Scatena, F.N. (eds) Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 110. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2500-3_24
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