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Geography[edit]
The Fore people live in the Okapa District: a mountainous region in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. Combined, the 20,000 members of the North and South Fore live on approximately 400 square miles of land, almost all of which is steep mountain. Of these 400 square miles, most belongs to the South Fore, who make up the majority of the population[1].
Much of the landscape the Fore reside on is untouched tropical forest[1]. Areas of grassland or clearings in the forest appear only in locations of present or past agricultural cultivation. The settlements of the Fore people, usually consisting of a cluster of central buildings, occur near tracts of land cleared for cultivation, and are frequently demolished and rebuilt elsewhere as new land is acquired for cultivation[2]. The Fore live almost exclusively on mountainsides, with the majority of Fore hamlets being established between 4,500 and 7,000 ft above sea level (compared to valleys which descend close to 1,000 ft above sea level)[2]. The Lamari and Yani rivers are the two largest in the Fore region. Both are tributaries to the larger Purari river to the south[3].
Climate[edit]
The majority of the Eastern Highland Provinces are classified as Tropical Rainforest Climate (Af) by the Köppen climate classification, including the Fore region, though some parts of the South Fore area lie in a rare Tropical Monsoon Climate (Am)[4]. Throughout this mountainous region there is an average of over 90 inches of rainfall per year, much of which falls in the "rainy season", lasting from December to March[2].
- ^ a b Brovn, Paula; Podolefsky, Aaron (July., 1976). "Population Density, Agricultural Intensity, Land Tenure, and Group Size in the New Guinea Highlands". Ethnology. 15. doi:10.2307/3773132.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c Sorenson, E. Richard (Jun - Oct, 1972). "Socio-Ecological Change Among the Fore of New Guinea". Current Anthropology. 13: 215.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Fore Orientation". www.everyculture.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ "Climate: Eastern Highlands - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2016-11-15.