The Republic of Maldives is a small country formed by 22 Atolls and a number of islands. (Singapore is another small island country. See 001_portrait of a potemkin city at http://urban-o-mania.blogspot.com) The word ‘Atoll’ is originated from Dhivehi language, which is the native language spoken in Maldives. Charles Darwin described Atolls as ‘a subset in a special class of islands, the unique property of which is the presence of an organic reef’. Learn more about the formation of Atolls at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atolls.
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