Editing Pohnpei (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Pohnpei Island municipalities.jpg|thumb|Detailed map of Pohnpei, showing the borders of the five 'independent tribes']]
[[File:Senyavin island (FSM).jpg|thumb|Senyavin Islands (Pohnpei plus two neighboring atolls)]]

The highest point of the island is [[Mount Nanlaud]] at 772 or 782 metres. Pohnpei is home to several dozen bird species including four [[endemism|endemic]] species, the [[Pohnpei lorikeet]], the [[Pohnpei fantail]], the [[Pohnpei flycatcher]] and the [[long-billed white-eye]]. A fifth endemic, the [[Pohnpei starling]], is thought to have recently gone [[extinct]].

The only land reptiles are a few species of lizard. Originally the only mammals were bats. Pigs, rats and dogs were introduced; pigs have become feral. The lagoons are rich in fish, molluscs, turtles and other marine fauna.

===Climate===
[[File:Koloniasokehs.jpg|thumb|Kolonia Town looking down from Sokehs Ridge]]


Pohnpei belongs to the [[tropical rainforest climate]] zone ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Af'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/w/2081869/Mwahnd+Peidak/FM/Micronesia/1/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-01-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108091053/http://www.chinci.com/travel/pax/w/2081869/Mwahnd+Peidak/FM/Micronesia/1/ |archive-date=8 November 2014}}</ref> It is one of the wettest places on Earth with an average annual recorded rainfall of {{cvt|4775|mm|abbr=on}} in towns along the coast and about {{cvt|300|in|mm|order=flip|abbr=on}} each year in certain mountainous locations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weriguam.org/docs/reports/100.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035749/http://www.weriguam.org/docs/reports/100.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
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|Feb precipitation inch =10.2
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|Nov precipitation inch = 15.9
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|date=November 2011
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