How To Use Tuvalu In A Sentence
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Tuvalu is one of dozens of low-lying islands threatened with rising sea levels.
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Fongafale (largest island Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E of Funafuti)
The 2007 CIA World Factbook
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Exchange rates: Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar
The 2001 CIA World Factbook
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Floods and rogue waves raise the saltwater table underlying the atolls, poisoning the Tuvaluans' staple crops.
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Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
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For instance, when hurricane Bebe hit Tuvalu in 1972 it deposited 140 hectares of sedimentary debris onto the eastern reef, increasing the area of the main island by 10 per cent.
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Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
The 2001 CIA World Factbook
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Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar -
The 2001 CIA World Factbook
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In Tuvalu, farmers once dug pits in the sandy soil, filled them with compost and planted taro, but now in low-lying areas, increasingly brackish water is poisoning these root crops.
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Nationality: noun: Tuvaluan (s) adjective: Tuvaluan
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For instance, when hurricane Bebe hit Tuvalu in 1972 it deposited 140 hectares of sedimentary debris onto the eastern reef, increasing the area of the main island by 10 per cent.
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There's a Facebook group for Tuvalu here and a Facebook application to root for Tuvaluan Olympic athletes here.
Tuvalu in the Olympics
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Currency (code): Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
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One diplomat from the tiny Polynesian island of Tuvalu said at the time: "Can I suggest that it looks like we are being offered 30 pieces of silver to betray our people and our future?
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For two years they had taught for the Peace Corps in the Pacific island country of Tuvalu, before spending a further year in Fiji.
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The Alliance of Small Island States warned that that some low-lying countries, such as Tuvalu or the Maldives, were facing "the end of history" due to rising sea levels.
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Moreover, all recent measurements satellite altimetry,thermosteric sea level data and tide observations so far have not been able to verify any sea level rise around Tuvalu islands.
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Already the lowland coconut plantation farmlands of Tuvalu are being swamped by the rising sea.
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Rising sea levels for Tuvalu have created serious lowland flooding.
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For instance, when hurricane Bebe hit Tuvalu in 1972 it deposited 140 hectares of sedimentary debris onto the eastern reef, increasing the area of the main island by 10 per cent.
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Kiribati was ill prepared for democracy by the British colonial regime, which mainly used people from Tuvalu as administrators.
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Funafuti (capital, former Tuvalu 8 30 S 179 12 E name for Fongafale)
The 2005 CIA World Factbook
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TuvaluAustralian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
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In an effort to restore a measure of order, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the Ellice Islands are now known as Tuvalu) consented to becoming British protectorates in 1892.
