coral ... Glorioso Islands: A French possession since 1892, the Glorioso Islands are composed of two lushly vegetated coral islands (Ile Glorieuse and Ile du Lys) and three rock islets. A military garrison operates ... www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/a_fg.html
coral ... fern; Iles Kerguelen - 100% tossock grass and Kerguelen cabbage; Bassas da India (Iles Eparses) - 100% rock, coral reef, and sand; Europa Island (Iles Eparses) - 100% mangrove swamp and dry woodlands; Glorioso Islands ... www.exxun.com/FrenchSouthernandAntarcticLands/b_mp.html
coral volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in ... www.exxun.com/Guam/b_mp.html
coral ... of the land boundary, but discussions on maritime boundaries are stalemated over sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai in the north and alignment with Australian claims in ... www.exxun.com/Indonesia/i_ti.html
coral heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions www.exxun.com/Jamaica/b_mp.html
coral Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about half way between Hawaii and Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that ... www.exxun.com/Kiribati/b_mp.html
coral A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted at the time of independence from the UK in 1979. Copra and fish ... www.exxun.com/Kiribati/e_ec.html
coral 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); archipelago with strategic location astride and along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean www.exxun.com/Maldives/b_mp.html
coral tourism, fish processing, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand mining www.exxun.com/Maldives/e_ec.html
coral total: 88 km paved roads: 88 km - 60 km in Male; 14 km on Addu Atolis; 14 km on Laamu note: village roads are mainly compacted coral (2006) www.exxun.com/Maldives/g_tr.html
coral low coral limestone and sand islands www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/b_mp.html
coral the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs www.exxun.com/Mauritius/b_mp.html
coral islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
coral sandy beach rises to fertile ring around raised coral reefs with phosphate plateau in center www.exxun.com/Nauru/b_mp.html
coral raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high) www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/b_mp.html
coral one of world's largest coral islands www.exxun.com/Niue/b_mp.html
coral southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic www.exxun.com/NorthernMarianaIslands/b_mp.html
coral ... Singapore Strait; the Equator divides the Pacific Ocean into the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean; dotted with low coral islands and rugged volcanic islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/b_mp.html
coral inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing www.exxun.com/Palau/b_mp.html
Coral Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia www.exxun.com/PapuaNewGuinea/b_mp.html
coral composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/b_mp.html
coral uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds www.exxun.com/Philippines/b_mp.html
coral Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs www.exxun.com/Seychelles/b_mp.html
Coral strategic location on sea routes between the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Sea, and the Coral Sea; on 2 April 2007 an undersea earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale occurred 345 ... www.exxun.com/SolomonIslands/b_mp.html
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