INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq km.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a uni-district Union Territory with an area of 32 Sq. Kms and is comprised of ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and 5 submerged reefs. The inhabited islands are Kavaratti, Agatti, Amini, Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlat, Bitra, Andrott, Kalpeni and Minicoy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lakshadweep islands are known as coral islands because they have been formed from corals, and marine invertebrates classified into the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lakshadweep is an archipelago of twelve atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks, with a total of about thirty-nine islands and islets. The reefs are in fact also atolls, although mostly submerged, with only small unvegetated sand cays above the high-water mark.

Detailed explanation-5: -These islands had been formed by the accumulation of coral on the volcanic tops of the Indian Ocean ridge that sank below the surface around millions of years ago presumably because of a rise in sea levels. Thus, Lakshadweep Islands are known as the product of Reef formation.