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• Atoll — For other senses of this word, see atoll (disambiguation). Satellite picture of the Atafu atoll in Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean. An atoll ( …   Wikipedia

• Continental shelf — Marine habitats Anatomy of a continental shelf off the south eastern coast of the United States Littoral zone Intertidal zone …   Wikipedia

• Alifushi (Raa Atoll) — Maldives Island ImageExists=No island island=Alifushi atoll=Raa Atoll location= population=2317 length=950m width=750m male distance=207.41km island chief= phone= +960 6580021 fax= +960 6580021 Alifushi (Dhivehi: އަލިފުށި) is one of the inhabited …   Wikipedia

• faro — a rhomboid shaped, steep sided, continental shelf atoll …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Diego Garcia — For other uses, see Diego Garcia (disambiguation). Diego Garcia IATA: NKW – ICAO: FJDG Summary …   Wikipedia

• Coral reef — Marine habitats Biodiversity of a coral reef Lit …   Wikipedia

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• List of ecoregions (WWF) — This is a list of ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions.The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth s land surface into 8 terrestrial ecozones, containing 867… …   Wikipedia

• Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …   Wikipedia

• Atolls of the Maldives — This article discusses the natural geographical atolls of the Maldives. See Administrative divisions of the Maldives for the administrative units also known as atolls. See Islands of the Maldives for individual islands that make up the… …   Wikipedia