A Barrier Reef. The barrier reefs grow parallel to the shore of an island and are separated from it by a deep lagoon.
Barrier reefs form parallel to the shoreline but are separated by a lagoon.
Barrier reefs form parallel to the shoreline but are separated by a lagoon.
An encircling coral reef or sandbar can create a shallower area of water near an island, called a lagoon.
A body of water separated from the ocean by a barrier island, reef system, or atoll. In the most generic sense, a lagoon is a small body of water separated from a large body of water by some physical boundary.
Each island is surrounded by a reef enclosing a shallow lagoon.
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An island with a central lagoon is called an atoll. Kwajalein in the Indian Ocean is a very good example.
A shallow body of water that is separated from the open sea is called a lagoon. Lagoons are also commonly referred to as back reefs.
Poveglia Island is located in the lagoon of Venice, Italy.
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