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Importance of Islands
An island is a body of land surrounded by water. Islands
are smaller than continents. Islands are biodiversity Islands can be formed when
continental plates collide. When
hotspots and home to rare species. Islands are key they collide they push land up
foundations for coral reef ecosystems. Wherever there is creating an underwater mountain
a land mass in the open ocean, ocean circulation patterns that goes above land. This land,
change. Nutrients from the deeper, colder water rise up when surrounded by water, is
to the surface, creating the conditions for sea life to called an island. Greenland Is the
largest island in the world
thrive.
