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Nauru, [c] officially the Republic of Nauru [d], formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of the Oceania region in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.
An aerial image of Nauru in 2002. Anabare Bay is on the east side. Buada Lagoon is the darker region in the south west. [1]Nauru is positioned in the Nauru Basin of the Pacific Ocean, on a part of the Pacific Plate that formed at a mid oceanic ridge at 132 Ma. [2]
An aerial image of Nauru in 2002 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program. Regenerated vegetation covers 63% of land that was mined. [3] Nauru is a raised coral atoll positioned in the Nauru Basin of the Pacific Ocean, on a part of the Pacific Plate that formed at a mid-oceanic ridge at 132 Ma.
Geography Now (also stylized as Geography Now!) is an American educational YouTube channel and web series created and hosted by Paul Barbato. It profiles UN-recognized countries in the world in alphabetical order and covers additional topics related to physical and political geography. The channel was started in August 2014 and has gained over ...
Nauru is a phosphate rock island, and its primary economic activity since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island. [2] With the exhaustion of phosphate reserves, its environment severely degraded by mining, and the trust established to manage the island's wealth significantly reduced in value, the government of Nauru has ...
The Buada Lagoon is the biggest and only true lake in Nauru, a small nation in Oceania consisting of a flat island of 21.3 km 2 (8.2 sq mi) in area. The lake lies in Nauru's Buada district, from which it gets its name. It is not a lagoon as such, in that the lake is not joined to the sea, but its water is slightly brackish. [4] [5]
Pages in category "Geography of Nauru" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Buada is a district in the Pacific nation of Nauru.It is the only district in Buada Constituency.It has a population of 969 (2021). [1] Several things are special about Buada compared to the coastal areas, it is entirely inland, it has a lagoon, and the soil and vegetation here is more rich.