QUESTION

Medium

Environment & Ecology

Prelims 2014

Which of the following have coral reefs?

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  2. Gulf of Kutch
  3. Gulf of Mannar
  4. Sunderbans

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Explanation

Major reef formations in Indian seas occur in

  • Gulf of Mannar ,
  • Palk Bay ,
  • Gulf of Kutch ,
  • the Andaman and Nicobar Islands , and
  • Lakshadweep .

Coral reefs are marine ecosystems and cannot exist in the Sundarbans, which is a mangrove forest in the Ganges Delta and a brackish water ecosystem.

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