Examples of 'atoll' in a sentence
Meaning of "atoll"
Atoll (noun): a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets. In English, this term is mainly used in geography and marine biology to describe a specific type of island formation
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- a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls.
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Atoll communities are particularly vulnerable to climate change.
This isolated atoll is the perfect refuge.
Nuclear test conducted recently at mururoa atoll.
This small atoll has an elongated shape.
Several countries are made up entirely of atoll islands.
Each atoll offers landscapes of wild beauty.
The taupulega is composed differently on each atoll.
On each atoll there are a number of islands.
Women are underrepresented in atoll and island governance.
Small atoll to the south of the province.
It is the smallest administrative atoll in terms of population.
It is the least popululous island in the atoll.
The reef fringing the atoll is continuous.
It is located on the western tip of the atoll.
It is the second largest atoll in the world.
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Hithadhoo is in the westernmost part of the atoll.
Each atoll has its own administrative centre.
This is the only hotel on this atoll.
Island and atoll plans prioritize environmental problems.
They will not leave the atoll.
Atoll ecosystem conservation practices in place in pilot atoll.
People on the atoll thought she was a.
The atoll is of volcanic origin and coralline formation.
Two members from each atoll are directly elected.
The atoll has been uninhabited for many years.
It has contributed the word atoll to international terminology.
The atoll is closed to the public.
We were looking for an atoll to set down.
Each atoll has a capital island.
We will have this atoll in no time.
The atoll has no economic activity.
At that time there was a coconut plantation on this atoll.
The economy of the atoll is dominated by coconut plantations.
There are no rivers or lakes on either atoll.
The atoll contains two islands.
We are going to look for that drifting atoll.
The atoll has no cold season.
They are all over this atoll.
The atoll consists of two large wooded islets.
It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name.
The atoll has port facilities and an airport.
He fell when the atoll shook.
The atoll itself provides no food for them.
Waves broke over the atoll.
Vahitahi is a small atoll with an elongated oval shape.
An atoll is often called an island when it is really a reef.
You vaporize some uninhabited atoll.
So seeing this atoll is a sight for sore eyes.
Nowhere is this more evident than atoll islands.
Exclusive atoll setting in southern maldives.
