Topography
TOPOGRAPHY
Viti Levu is the largest, highest, and principal island of the Fiji Group. It is mountainous with several peaks attaining a height over 3,500 ft (1,067 m). Consequently, rivers on this island with drainage basins extending inland to the windward side of the tropical storms have more substantial flood peaks than on some of the smaller islands. The principal peaks are Mount Tomanivi, 4,340 ft (1,323 m) high, in the north central part of the island; Korombasambasanga Range, with a peak 3,960 ft (1,207 m) high, 18 nmi northwest of Suva; Korombo, with a sharp summit 3,527 ft (1,075 m) high, lying about 19 nmi east-northeast of the western extremity of the island; and Korovanitu, 3,920 ft (1,195 m) high, rising 13.5 nmi north of Korombo.
The principal rivers are the Rewa, which rises on the eastern slope of Mount Tomanivi and flows into the sea close east of Suva; and the Singatoka, which rises on the western slope of the same mountain and flows into the sea on the southwest coast of the island. The Navua River flows into the sea 15 nmi west-southwest of Suva.
The area around the Port of Lautoka is low and covered with grass, mangroves,mud, and dead coral. Many small islands or coral islands with fringing reefs and mangroves are off the coast of Viti Levu
Source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/fiji/lautoka/text/sect5.htm
