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atolls Meaning in Tamil ( atolls வார்த்தையின் தமிழ் அர்த்தம்)



Noun:

பவழத் தீவு, பவழப் பாறை,



atolls தமிழ் அர்த்தத்தின் உதாரணம்:

இக்கடலின் இரண்டு பக்கங்களிலும் ஏராளமான தீவுகள், பவழத் தீவுகள் அமைந்துள்ளன.

atolls's Usage Examples:

(1) Those of the atolls north of the Kardiva Channel.


The very remarkable "serpuline atolls" are covered by a solid crust made of the convoluted tubes of serpulae and Vermetus, together with barnacles, mussels, nullipores, corallines and some true incrusting corals.


" Sealark " and the German surveying-ship " Planet " to have a somewhat complicated configuration, the island groups and banks of atolls which occur there rising abruptly as a rule from depths of about 2000 fathoms or more.


It comprises a large number of low coralline islands and atolls, which are disposed in nine clusters extending over a distance of about 400 m.


CHAGOS, a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, belonging to Britain, disposed in circular form round the Chagos bank, in 4° 44' t o 7° 39' S.


Following the chain northward from this channel we have Haddumati and Kolumadulu, after which the chain becomes double: to the east the chief atolls are Mulaku, Felidu, South Male, North Male, Kardiva (where the channel of the same name, 35 m.


The Maldives is a group of low-lying coral islands, forming an archipelago of 26 major atolls, situated south west of Sri Lanka.


TOKELAU (or Union Islands), a group of three atolls in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 m.


(2) Those of the central division, comprising the atolls between North Male and Haddumati, who are under the direct rule of the sultan, and have been more exposed to Arab influences.


If these junks could cross the Pacific in the latitude of Hawaii it is not at all unlikely that others running in a south-easterly direction would reach some of the many atolls which stretch over about 35° of longitude, forming the Caroline and Marshall archipelagoes.


Besides the atolls there is a type of island which has been called the elevated coral island.


Tetuaroa and Tubai, besides the three western Leeward Isles, are coral atolls.





Synonyms:

coral reef,



Antonyms:

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