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Viti Levu or Naviti Levu , volcanic island, 4,010 sq mi (10,386 sq km), S Pacific, largest and most important of the Fiji Islands. On Viti Levu are Suva , the capital and chief port of Fiji, and Lautoka, an important town. Tomaniivi, or Mt. Victoria (c.4,340 ft/1,320 m), the highest peak in Fiji, is on the island. Sugarcane, pineapples, rice, coconuts, and cotton are the major products; tourism, sugar milling, and gold mining are also important industries. Sugar and copra are the chief exports.

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	Geology, climate, and landscape of the PABITRA wet-zone transect, Viti Levu Island, Fiji (1).(The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect ) Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...covers most of the eastern part of Viti Levu, the largest island in the archipelago. Viti Levu is located exclusively on the Fiji...no secure geologic evidence that Viti Levu was ever in contact with part of...
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	Baseline climatology of Viti Levu (Fiji) and current climatic trends (1). Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...largest island and population center is Viti Levu, which has an area of 10,388 [km.sup.2] (Figure 1). Viti Levu is characterized by high mountains...Vanua Levu, located northeast of Viti Levu, is the second largest island and...
	The Emperor mine, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji. Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...side of a caldera on the island of Viti Levu in the Pacific Ocean, has been known...labeled "Sylvanite, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji." Dave Bunk observed the...northern tip of the main island of Viti Levu, in the Nakauvadra Mountains about...
	Recent changes in the upland watershed forest of Monasavu, a cloud forest site along the PABITRA Gateway Transect on Viti Levu, Fiji (1).(The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect ) Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...wet-zone landscape transect on Viti Levu. The site consists of upland rain...an additional focal site along the Viti Levu PABITRA Gateway Transect. Site Location...the Rairaimakutu Plateau in central Viti Levu (Figure 1). MATERIALS AND METHODS...
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	Early Lapita settlement site at Bourewa, southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji.(Research Reports) Magazine article from: Archaeology in Oceania; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...discovered Lapita settlement at Bourewa on southwest Viti Levu Island, Fiji, was established originally on an offshore...Fiji Museum targeted a site at Rove Beach in southwest Viti Levu Island, which was known from a collection of three Lapita...
	Geomorphic and archaeological landscapes of the Sigatoka Dune site, Viti Levu, Fiji: interdisciplinary investigations. Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Dune archaeological site on the south coast of the island Viti Levu in Fiji (Fig. 1). The site lies at the eastern end...undertook archaeological surveys and excavations on Viti Levu, again reporting surface pottery and other materials...
	Agricultural Terracing at Nakauvadra, Viti Levu: A Late Prehistoric Irrigated Agrosystem in Fiji. Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...strategies in the highlands, especially within upper reaches of the Sigatoka River and Ba River watersheds on Viti Levu, and in parts of Vanua Levu, Taveuni, and several other islands (Sahlins 1962; Ward 1965; Parry 1987; Hashimoto 1990; Kuhlken...
	Mixed siliciclastic-skeletal carbonate lagoon sediments from a high volcanic island, Viti Levu, Fiji, southwest pacific (1).(Statistical Data Included) Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...sedimentation in the Navua-Suva Lagoon, southeastern Viti Levu, Fiji, derives from both allochthonous siliciclastics...sediments of the Navua-Suva Lagoon, situated in southeast Viti Levu (Fiji), a high volcanic island in the tropical Southwest...