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Which is the ring shaped island surrounding shallow lagoon?
atoll
What is a ring shaped island surrounded by a lagoon?
it's an island with a water court-yard
What are atolls?
== == An atoll is a type of coral reef, shaped like a ring, that surrounds a lagoon.
A coral reef in the open ocean that appears as a low ring shaped island or ring of islets is called an?
A ring shaped coral reef is called an Atoll.
What is the name of a horseshoe shaped or circular coral island around a lagoon?
If you are referring to the crossword puzzle hint, try Atoll.
What is a ring shape coral islands surrounding a lagoon?
A coral atoll.
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.
A ring-shaped coral reef around a lagoon?
Atoll
Give you an example of an atoll?
An atoll is formed first as a reef that fringes a volcanic island. As the island sinks (after the volcanic activity has ceased and the crust has cooled, becoming denser), the reef continues to build upward, eventually ending up as a ring-shaped structure.
What is a ring shaped island called?
Atoll. Atolls are oceanic reef formation, often having a characteristic ring-like shape surrounding a lagoon. Atolls are formed when coral reef grows around a volcanic island that later subsides into the ocean.
In the Lord of the Flies the island was what shaped?
The island was boat shaped
What is the antonym for lagoon?
the opposites of lagoon you need to know the meaning of atoll: a doughnut-shaped enclosing a lagoon.the oppisite is kind of like a small river or ravine/ stream.
