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ATOLLS MEAN ISLANDS OR ISLES MADE AND FORMED BY CORALS. HOPE I HELPED U... PLZ MARK AS THE BRAINLIEST ANSWER...
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sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands/cays on the rim.[3](p60) [4] The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water. The lagoon forms over the volcanic crater or caldera while the higher rim remains above water or at shallow depths that permit the coral to grow and form the reefs. For the a
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Horse-shoe shaped coral islands
surrounding a lagoon are called ‘atolls’
• Example – Lakshadweep in the Arabian
Sea.
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