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What are the differences between Oceania's high islands and low islands?
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What is the difference between an atoll and a high island?
There are a great variety of differences between atolls and high islands, these include how they were formed, the soil quality, population and what they look like. An atoll is a very small ring shaped reef formed of coral enclosing a lagoon while a high island is larger in area because it is formed from volcanic origin. Also, though atolls have high temperatures of tropical weather throughout the year, their vegetation is poor. This is because their soil is usually coarse, gritty, sandy and low in fertility; the reason being is that it is formed form coral itself. Their trees have shallow root systems whilst high islands are more fertile and have a great variety of plantation. That is why high islands are more populated than atolls. High islands are bigger than atolls thus means that high islands have mountain peaks and areas for rivers to flow. Learnt this in Social Studies class.
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The better watered volcanic islands where the economy is based upon agriculture are known as?
high islands
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There are over 100,000 islands on Earth. Many are tropical and many are covered with ice. A number of islands on Earth changes quickly due to the rise and fall of the sea levels. Sea levels that are high mean smaller islands disappear.
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old mountain have formed very early but young mountains have formed recently about 25 million years ago . they don't have sharp peak but young mountain have sharp peak's. they are not so much high whereas they are very much high
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i do't no
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cause storms
What is the difference between an atoll and a high island?
There are a great variety of differences between atolls and high islands, these include how they were formed, the soil quality, population and what they look like. An atoll is a very small ring shaped reef formed of coral enclosing a lagoon while a high island is larger in area because it is formed from volcanic origin. Also, though atolls have high temperatures of tropical weather throughout the year, their vegetation is poor. This is because their soil is usually coarse, gritty, sandy and low in fertility; the reason being is that it is formed form coral itself. Their trees have shallow root systems whilst high islands are more fertile and have a great variety of plantation. That is why high islands are more populated than atolls. High islands are bigger than atolls thus means that high islands have mountain peaks and areas for rivers to flow. Learnt this in Social Studies class.
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Jet Stream
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if you meant solomon islands, they are high islands:)
Are the Midway Islands high islands?
Yes.
