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A. An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water.
D. The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Islamic holy sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Sunni Muslim is the official religion of the Maldives, Asia's smallest nation.
C. The meeting was a bid to draw attention to fears that rising sea levels caused by the melting of polar ice caps could swamp the Maldives within a century. Its islands average 7 feet above sea level. The former president also set up a fund using tourist income to buy overseas land and relocate the islands' people. Tourism is the Maldives' top industry and source of foreign income.
B. Omaha has slightly more people – 408,958 – living in the same square area as the entire Maldives. There are 47 nations smaller than the Maldives, and most of them are island nations in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Vatican City is the world's smallest sovereign state.