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Complete the sentences by choosing the right option:

The Lakshadweep Islands of Arabian Sea is.....

Lakshadweep is a uni-district Union Territory and is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks, and ten inhabited islands. These are coral atoll group situated at a distance of 200-300km from the West Coast of India.


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Volcanic islands: Under the sea, volcanoes erupt, building land until they break the surface as a new island. Layers of lava build up until a ridge breaks the sea's surface to form an island. E.g., Southeast Asia; Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, the Philippine Islands.


Continental islands: Continental islands are bodies of land that lie on the continental shelf of a continent. Examples include Borneo,Java, and Sumatra off Asia.

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