List Of Lakes In The Cook Islands
This is a list of lakes in the Cook Islands. Lakes Atiu * Lake Tiroto Mangaia * Lake Tiriara Mitiaro * Rotonui (big lake) * Rotoiti (small lake) External links * http://www.cookislands.org.uk/mitiaro.html {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Lakes In The Cook Islands * Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan ...

Cook Islands
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Lake Tiroto
Lake Tiroto is a lake on the island of Atiu in the Cook Islands. According to legend, the eel Rauou dug the lake before travelling to Mitiaro to dig lakes there. The lake is connected to the sea by a tunnel under the ''makatea''. See also * List of lakes in the Cook Islands This is a list of lakes in the Cook Islands. Lakes Atiu * Lake Tiroto Mangaia * Lake Tiriara Mitiaro * Rotonui (big lake) * Rotoiti (small lake) External links * http://www.cookislands.org.uk/mitiaro.html {{DEFAULTSORT:List O ... References Lakes of the Cook Islands {{CookIslands-geo-stub ...
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Atiu
Atiu, also known as Enuamanu (meaning ''land of the birds''), is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean. Part of the Nga-pu-Toru, it is northeast of Rarotonga. The island's population has dropped by two-thirds in the last 50 years. Geography Atiu is a raised volcanic island surrounded by a reef from which rise cliffs of fossilized coral (''makatea''). The makatea cliff forms a ring round the island, creating a virtual plateau. Erosion of the inside of the ring has formed a dip of about into fertile land, which gradually rises again to a central flat-topped hill. The low swampy land consists of taro plantations, marshes and a lake, Tiroto. This fertile area also grows bananas, citrus fruits, pawpaws, breadfruit and coconuts. The island is surrounded by a fringing reef. The ''makatea'' is honeycombed with caves, some of which have been used for burials. History Polynesians are believed to have lived on Atiu since at least ...
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Mangaia
Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means ''terraced'') is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga. It is a roughly circular island, with an area of , from Rarotonga. Originally heavily populated, Mangaia's population has dropped by 75% in the last 50 years. Geography Originally known as ''A'ua'u'' or ''A'ua'u Enua'' ("terraced"), the island was named Mangaia (or ''Mangaianui-Neneva'', "Mangaia monstrously-great") by Tamaeu, who came to the island from Aitutaki in 1775. Geologists estimate the island is at least 18 million years old. It rises 4750 m (15,600 ft) above the ocean floor and has a land area of 51.8 km2. Surrounded by a fringing coral reef, like many of the southern Cook Islands, it is surrounded by a high ring of cliffs of fossil coral 60 m (200 ft) high, known as the makatea. The inner rim of the ''makatea'' forms a steep cliff, surrounding swamps and a central volcanic plateau. The interi ...
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Lake Tiriara
Tiriara is a lake in the south of the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands. Though the largest freshwater lake in the Cook Islands, poor pollution management and agricultural processes in the area have put the biodiversity of the lake at risk. See also * List of lakes in the Cook Islands This is a list of lakes in the Cook Islands. Lakes Atiu * Lake Tiroto Mangaia * Lake Tiriara Mitiaro * Rotonui (big lake) * Rotoiti (small lake) External links * http://www.cookislands.org.uk/mitiaro.html {{DEFAULTSORT:List O ... References Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20120128032425/http://www.seacology.org/projects/individualprojects/COOKISLANDS_lake2001.htm Lakes of the Cook Islands Mangaia {{CookIslands-geo-stub ...
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Mitiaro
Mitiaro, the fourth island in the Cook Islands group, is of volcanic origin. Standing in water deep it is across at its widest point. Geography Mitiaro, also known as Nukuroa, is part of the Nga-Pu-Toru island group formerly, a volcano that became a coral atoll. The coral died forming fossilised coral (known locally as ''makatea''). The island is surrounded by a belt of this makatea, between high and characteristic of islands in the southern group. The centre of the island is almost flat, quite swampy and contains two freshwater lakes, Rotonui (big lake) and Toto Iti (small lake). The lakes are teeming with eels ('' Anguilla obscura''),which the locals call itiki and who reach the lakes from the Ocean through underwater connections, and the imported tilapia from Africa where it is known as bream. Beaches are limited but there are subterranean limestone caves and the beach at low tide abounds in marine life. Important Bird Area The island has been designated an Important Bi ...
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Rotoiti (Mitiaro)
Rotoiti may be: Places * Lake Rotoiti (Bay of Plenty), a lake in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand :*Rotoiti, Bay of Plenty, a locality on the shore of Lake Rotoiti *Lake Rotoiti (Tasman), a lake in the Tasman area of New Zealand *Mount Rotoiti, a peak in the Frigate Range, Antarctica *Rotoiti, the former name of Saint Arnaud, New Zealand Ships *, a list of Royal New Zealand Navy ships * ''Rotoiti''-class inshore patrol vessel, a class of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy See also *Rotoitidae, a family of parasitic wasps **''Rotoita basalis ''Rotoita basalis'' is a small parasitic wasp in the relictual family Rotoitidae. It is known only from New Zealand, and its closest known living relative (and only other extant species in the same family) is endemic to Chile (''Chiloe microptero ...

Lakes Of The Cook Islands
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the last ic ...
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