The terrain is low-lying and sandy: a coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef with a depressed central area devoid of a lagoon with its highest point being above sea level.

The terrain is low-lying and sandy: a coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef with a slightly raised central area.

The low-lying coral island has long been noted as hard to sight from small ships and is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef.

Minami-Tori-Shima is surrounded by a fringing reef which ranges from in width, enclosing a shallow lagoon, which is connected with the open ocean by narrow passages on the southern and northeastern sides.

In contrast, Réunion has very short stretches of narrow fringing reefs along the western and southwestern coasts only.

The Atoll has an oval-shaped lagoon ( vilu ) with a narrow fringing reef on its NW side.

The littoral zone may form a narrow or broad fringing wetland, with extensive areas of aquatic plants sorted by their tolerance to different water depths.

The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef and with no safe anchorage landing is difficult.

There are approximately one hundred narrow passages ( passes ), called r ' oa, in the fringing reef.

The reef is divided into four rocks above water which, however, are joined below ; it is separated from the continent by a narrow channel filled with many stones, by which as by a staircase one can cross the channel with dry feet when the sea is calm ; but when the sea is rough, waves surround the four rocks into which I said the reef is divided.

* Ribbon reef – a long, narrow, possibly winding reef, usually associated with an atoll lagoon

Their deep, laterally narrow bodies are easily noticed through the profusion of reef life.

The island is separated from the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called Dursey Sound which has a very strong tidal race, with a reef of rocks in the centre of the channel which is submerged at high tides.

The juveniles were found in a variety of habitats where they were highly concealed: under coral blocks and rubble in the boulder zone of the exposed reef front ; on dead bases of Acropora species in more sheltered areas ; in narrow spaces within the reef crest ; and on the fore-reef slope to depths of 8 m.

The constriction can be a passage where the sides narrow, for example the Gulf of Corryvreckan and the Saltstraumen maelstrom, or an underwater obstruction ( a reef or rising seabed ), such as is found at the Portland Race.

With its slender, lithe body, the whitetip reef shark specializes in wriggling into narrow crevices and holes in the reef and extracting prey inaccessible to other reef sharks.

Typically, a reef point consists of two lengths of cord which taper towards their ends — the narrow end of each is threaded through an eye in the wide end of the other and then the pair are rove through the eyelet in the reef band such that one length hangs before and the other abaft the sail.

They are geographic volcanic remnants separated by the narrow 137m wide Asaga strait, a natural bridge of shallow coral reef.

A number of narrow passages ( known in Tuamotuan as hoa ' a ) along the south-central part of the reef are known as the " Nine Eyes ", giving the name to the atoll.

A coral reef rings the entire island, it is narrow on the east coast, which is battered by oceanic winds and large waves ; it spreads out into lagoons on the west coast.

NDEs include one or more of the following experiences: a sense of being dead ; an out-of-body experience ; a sensation of floating above one's body and seeing the surrounding area ; a sense of overwhelming love and peace ; a sensation of moving upwards through a tunnel or narrow passageway ; meeting deceased relatives or spiritual figures ; encountering a being of light, or a light ; experiencing a life review ; reaching a border or boundary ; and a feeling of being returned to the body, often accompanied by reluctance.

The contour of the island presents a sharp contrast, from deep seas surrounding the island to a mountainous interior forming a backbone along the narrow peninsulas.

The surrounding chalk cliffs have become known as the White Cliffs of Dover, and the narrow sea passage nearby – the Strait of Dover.

It has 30 or more long, narrow, fleshy, trough-shaped leaves with sharp spines along the margins that are long, surrounding a thick stem.

Because of that first defensive role, its narrow streets and bleak surrounding the oval originating in compact rows of houses parallel to each other and with respect to the medieval walls ( of which only some sections are preserved and gates ).

Called the town " two miles long and two yards wide " because it was developed atop a narrow ridge overlooking the Mississippi River, it was the commercial and cultural center of the surrounding plantation country.

Several narrow gauge railroads were built up into the surrounding mountains.

The surrounding mountains and narrow Nisqually River valley are heavily forested.

His description of the center stars as different from a comets head in that they were a " rectangle " may have been an early description of the Trapezium Cluster ( The first detection of three of the four stars of this cluster is credited to Galileo Galilei in a February 4, 1617 although he did not notice the surrounding nebula — possibly due to the narrow field of vision of his early telescope.

Due to controversies surrounding his conduct in office, a narrow Assembly majority did not reelect Blocher in 2007 and chose instead Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, a more moderate SVP politician, against party policy.

Now, we would see action regularly extend to the shop's street exterior and the surrounding buildings, and this location was revealed to be the bustling Stanley Street with its row of narrow shopfronts and terrace houses.

A tornado warning means there is immediate danger for the warned and immediately surrounding area — if not from the relatively narrow tornado itself, from the severe thunderstorm producing ( or likely to produce ) it.

The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills.

Sherman's armies reached the outskirts of Savannah on December 10 but found that Hardee had entrenched 10, 000 men in good positions, and his soldiers had flooded the surrounding rice fields, leaving only narrow causeways available to approach the city.

The wide range of wavelengths possible allows very close matching to the absorption lines of certain tissues, such as melanin or hemoglobin, while the narrow bandwidth obtainable helps reduce the possibility of damage to the surrounding tissue.

Passing through the principal entrance, a, which is removed from the street by a narrow footway surrounding the building and after descending three steps, the bather finds a small chamber on his left ( x ) which contained a water closet ( latrina ), and proceeds into a covered portico ( g, g ), which ran round three sides of an open court ( atrium, A ).

Because of the surrounding shield, the valley is narrow at its western end, then becomes increasingly wide ( mainly on the Southern Ontario side of the river ) as it progresses eastward.

In front of the Hall of Memory is a narrow courtyard with a memorial pool surrounding an eternal flame and flanked by sidewalks and shrubbery, including plantings of rosemary for remembrance.

Mark Tully and Satish Jacob wrote, " All terrorists were known by name to the shopkeepers and the householders who live in the narrow alleys surrounding the Golden Temple.

The surrounding regional units take in Arta in Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania to the northeast, and Phocis to the east.

Due to its location, the village is not thought to have provided a pleasant environment: the walled village takes up the shape of the narrow valley in which its situated, with the barren surrounding hillsides reflecting the desert sun and the hill of Gurnet Murai cutting off the north breeze as well as the view of the verdant river valley.

** Unit Citation for Gallantry-burgee with narrow white band surrounding green field surmounted by a silver star.

The city urban structure is based on the old town buildings, narrow and highly populated ; the actual city expansion policy is based on heavy works done the surrounding mountain flanks to provide enough buildable space.

The two sections are connected via a narrow tube, or duct, that can be opened or closed by a group of surrounding muscles.