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How is the crest of the coral reef and the lagoon different?
a lake and some coral?
A body of water encircled by a coral reef?
A body of water that is encircled by a coral reef is called a lagoon. A lagoon is usually shallow and is separated from the ocean by coral reefs, barrier islands, or sandbars.
What is a toll reef?
Anatollis a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.
What is a backreef?
A backreef is a lagoon found in a coral reef ecosystem.
What is coral reef separated from their island by a lagoon?
A Barrier Reef. The barrier reefs grow parallel to the shore of an island and are separated from it by a deep lagoon.
A ringlike coral reef that almost encloses a lagoon is called?
Atoll
What is a shallow body of water that has an opening to the ocean but is also protected by a sandbar or coral reef?
It's a Lagoon.
What is one word for calm water beyond the coral reef?
lagoon maybe?
What is a ring like coral island and reef that nearly or completely encloses a lagoon?
poop
What is separated from an island by a lagoon?
An encircling coral reef or sandbar can create a shallower area of water near an island, called a lagoon.
What is a ring-shape coral island or string of islands surrounding a lagoon?
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral island or string of islands that surround a lagoon. Atolls typically form from volcanic islands that sink into the ocean, leaving a coral reef formation around the edge of the submerged island. The lagoon in the center of an atoll is often shallow and can support diverse marine life.
What does an atoll feature?
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef and features a lagoon. Some examples of atolls are the Bikini atoll, Tubbataha Reef and Lighthouse Reef.
