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Geographical position: Situated in the Southern hemisphere, some 750 km from Madagascar, Reunion Island, a french Overseas department, is a tropical volcanic island with a relief particularly accentuated . Its tallest summit "Le Piton des Neiges" reaches 3,069 m .

Surface area : 2,512 sq.km (+ 30 hectares gained from lava reaching the ocean in 1986) . Maximum diameter: 70 km and length of the coastline: 207 km .

The island is characterized by numerous micro-climates : Temperatures, which are normally relatively high along the coasts, are elsewhere quite moderate in relation to the altitude .
The conditions of climate and rainfall usually undergo modifications during the austral summer when Reunion is occasionally submitted to the effects of cyclones or tropical depressions .

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