Roviana Lagoon

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Roviana Lagoon is a large coastal lagoon in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, known for its rich marine biodiversity and as the cultural heartland of the Roviana-speaking people.

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Roviana Lagoon canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon
geographical feature
climate tropical
country Solomon Islands
culturalHeartlandOf Roviana-speaking people
governedBy customary marine tenure systems
hasArchaeologicalSignificance fortified hill sites
prehistoric settlement sites
shell midden deposits
hasConservationIssue climate-change-related coral bleaching
habitat degradation
overfishing
hasCoordinateRegion southwestern Solomon Islands
hasCulturalFeature ancestral shrines
sacred sites
traditional war-canoe history
hasEcosystemType lagoonal coral reef ecosystem
tropical marine ecosystem
hasNearbyIsland Hombupeka Island
Kindu Island
Kohinggo Island
Lola Island
Sasamungga area islands
hasNearbySettlement Lambete
Munda
Noro
hasResearchActivity anthropological studies
archaeological studies
marine biology studies
inhabitedBy Roviana people
knownFor coral reef systems
cultural significance to Roviana people
mangrove forests
rich marine biodiversity
seagrass beds
traditional fishing practices
languageCommunity Roviana language
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean
Western Province
locatedOn New Georgia Island
linked to: New Georgia Islands
partOf New Georgia Islands
timeZone UTC+11
usedFor dive tourism
eco-tourism
small-scale commercial fishing
subsistence fishing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roviana language primaryArea Roviana Lagoon
New Georgia hasNearbyWaterBody Roviana Lagoon
Tetepare nearbyWaterBody Roviana Lagoon
Rubiana associatedWith Roviana Lagoon
Munda Point locatedNear Roviana Lagoon
Munda airfield area near Roviana Lagoon