Which are the coral islands of India?

1.	Which are the coral islands of India?
Answer» Solution :(i) LAKSHADWEEP are the coral islands of INDIA as they are formed by coral deposits. (ii) Such islands are formed by the deposition of SKELETONS of microscopic species, called coral polyps on the seabed. (iii) They live only in shallow warm waters. Many of these islands are in ring SHAPE or horse shoe shape, called atolls. These islands are located in the warm water of Arabian SEA.

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