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The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 10,500 km 2 (4,100 sq mi) of ocean, 21 islands and the adjoining coastline. The islets and coastal buffer zone include beaches , estuaries , and tropical dry broadleaf forests , while the marine environments include seaweed communities, sea grass communities, coral reefs , salt marshes and ...
The people of the Lau Lagoon call themselves wane i asi 'salt-water people' as distinct from wane i tolo 'bush people' who live in the interior of the island. [6] There was a history of conflict between the bush people and the salt-water people. The people of Lau Lagoon build islands on the reef as these provided protection against attack.
Hashiwokakero (橋をかけろ Hashi o kakero; lit. "build bridges!") is a type of logic puzzle published by Nikoli. [1] It has also been published in English under the name Bridges or Chopsticks (based on a mistranslation: the hashi of the title, 橋, means bridge; hashi written with another character, 箸, means chopsticks).
The Banana River is a 31-mile-long (50 km) [1] lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States.It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway.
The salt water barrier has caused deterioration of the catch of fish in the region and the fishermen are opposed to the bund as of 2005. [3] The salt water barrier has also disrupted the harmony of the sea with the backwaters and has caused problems not foreseen before the salt water barrier like the omnipresence of the water weeds.
Middle Sedge Island in Barnegat Bay is a 25-acre (0.10 km 2) island, 14 acres (0.057 km 2) of which are developed with a single house. [13] Other islands include: Little Sedge Island, Northwest Point Island and Marsh Elder Island. Some are privately owned and some are owned by the state of New Jersey. [14]
Lough Corrib (/ l ɒ x ˈ k ɒr ɪ b / lokh KORR-ib; Irish: Loch Coirib [5]) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib or Galway River connects the lake to the sea at Galway.It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh).
A map of Langa Langa lagoon, Malaita, Solomon Islands. Laulasi Island. Note the man-made walls. The sacred area is located to the right of the island. Taken 2008. Langa Langa Lagoon or Akwalaafu is a natural lagoon on the West coast of Malaita near the provincial capital Auki within Solomon Islands. The lagoon is 21 km in length and just under ...