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What island is build from coral that forms on the flank of sinking volcano?
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∙ 14y ago
This is known as an atoll.
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Is there volcanoes in the Bahamas?
No, there are no volcanoes in the Bahamas.
Is Fiji a coral island or volcanic island?
Mostly volcanic.
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 the difference between an island and an atoll?
An atoll is formed from an island, but it isn't entirely an island. It's a coral reef that makes the different. The reef grows in a ring around the island and the island erodes, until little if any of it is above the surface of the water and the coral reef remains. Islands are any small body of land surrounded by water. Islands in the middle of the ocean are usually volcanic and islands in lakes and near continents are usually just areas of the continental shelf surrounding the continent with a higher elevation. To actually answer your question, the KEY difference is the reef.
What is the weather like on coral island?
i think it is warm
Was Bora-Bora formed by a volcano?
Bora Bora exemplifies what Charles Darwin called an "almost atoll," a barrier reef island formed by an oceanic volcano with a fringing coral reef. Over the course of the years, as the surrounding coral reef grows upward, the island with the volcano sinks.
What is another name for tiny island?
An atoll is a type of island made from a coral reef that encircles a lagoon. It is often the top of an underwater volcano.
Is Egypt a volcanic island or a coral island?
coral island
What is a small circular coral reef island in the Pacific Ocean?
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. Atolls are typically found in the Pacific Ocean and are formed from the remnants of volcanic islands that have submerged over time. The circular shape of atolls is a result of coral growth around the rim of a sinking volcanic island.
When was The Coral Island created?
The Coral Island was created in 1857.
How do zooxanthellae help build coral reefs?
they help build coral reefs by speading their waist along the sealine to help build coral reefs.
What is under the sand on the beach?
It depends. On an island that was formed from a volcano, it would be volcanic rock. On a coral island, more coral. In Florida, if you dig down enough you'll hit the crust with in that part of the world is a clay like soil. It really depends on the geology of the area you're at.
Sinking volcanic islands and developing coral reefs are related to the formation of?
atolls
A small low island on a coral reef is a what?
A small low island on a coral reef is Kuff
What is a coral cove?
coral cove is a cave that is situated in an island . mostly in island of blue dolphins
What is a coral island?
a island with a flatter terrain
What is a circular coral island that encloses a lagoon called?
A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon is called an atoll. Atolls are typically formed from coral reefs that grow around the rim of a submerged volcanic island.
