Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Location of New Caledonia in its region. The biodiversity of New Caledonia is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. It is frequently referred to as a biodiversity hotspot. [1] The country is a large South Pacific archipelago with a total land area of more than 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi).
The predominant flora of New Caledonia rain forests is derived from the Antarctic flora of ancient southern Gondwana. Like the Australian rainforests and the temperate forests of New Zealand, conifers of the Southern Hemisphere families Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae are mixed with angiosperm trees, including the Southern Hemisphere genus ...
There is a very high rate of biodiversity of New Caledonia. In particular, the park is known for being one of the last areas where the kagu , an endangered bird which has become a symbol of the country, can be seen in its natural habitat, with a population of about 700; this is the largest single population of the species in the wild.
New Caledonia (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ) [nb 2] is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia. [5]
Araucaria humboldtensis growing in altitude shrubland, on the slopes of Mont Humboldt, New Caledonia. New Caledonia, considered as the smallest of the most significant biodiversity hotspots in the world, [3] hosts a unique flora of which 75.1% is endemic. [4] Species of Araucaria trees can be found in every habitat that New Caledonia possesses. [2]
The New Caledonia dry forests cover an area of 4,129 km². Grand Terre extends northwest-southeast, and a long spine of mountains extend the length of the island. The dry forests lie in the drier rain shadow of mountains. The New Caledonia rain forests ecoregion covers the rest of the island, including the eastern slope and high mountains. [1]
President-elect Donald Trump's New Jersey liquor licenses will be in jeopardy again if Friday's hush-money sentencing date survives his US Supreme Court challenge. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo
Pages in category "Environment of New Caledonia" ... Biodiversity of New Caledonia; R. Rheebu Nuu This page was last edited on 9 November 2021, at 07:15 (UTC ...