Where are Coral reefs located in India?
- India with its coastline of 7,517 km and subtropical climatic conditions has coral reef areas along its coastline and islands.
- All the three major reef types, atoll, fringing, and barrier, occur in India.
- In India, Coral reefs are present in the areas of Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Mannar, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep Islands, and Malva
- The Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, which has some of the most northerly reefs in the world) and Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar in the southeast.
- Coral patches are found in Ratnagiri, Malvan, and Redi, south of Bombay and at the Gaveshani Bank, west of Mangalore.
- Corals along the shore are found at Quilon on the Kerala coast to Enayem in Tamilnadu.
- Corals also occur on the east coast between Parangipettai (Porto Novo), south of Cuddalore, and Pondicherry.
- Among island corals, in Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Fringing and barrier) and Lakshadweep (Atolls) corals are found.
