Tuvalu Map

  • November 11, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Tuvalu Map

Subject – Environment / Geography

Context – Tuvalu’s foreign minister gave COP26 speech knee-deep in the ocean

Concept –

  • The foreign minister of Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific island nation located halfway between Hawaii and Australia, delivered a powerful message at the United Nations COP26 climate summit.
  • The island nation of Tuvalu, which is home to around 11,000 people, has witnessed sea levels rise by about 0.5 centimetres every year since 1993, according to a 2011 Australian government report.

Country

Location

Physiography

Tuvalu
  • An island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.
  • Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia.
  • Tuvalu is composed of three reef islands and six atolls.
  • They lie west of the International Date Line.

Geography

Other Info

  • Tuvalu is a volcanic archipelago.
  • It consists of three reef islands (Nanumanga, Niutao and Niulakita) and six true atolls (Funafuti, Nanumea, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae and Vaitupu).
  • It is the fourth smallest country in the world.
  • There are no rivers; rain catchment and wells provide the only fresh water.
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