Friday 15 August 2014
Maldives officially the Republic of the Maldives and also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean–Arabian Sea area, consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls. Maldives is the lowest country in the world, with maximum and average natural ground levels of only 2.4 metres and 1.5 metres in above sea level, respectively. In areas where construction exists, however, this has been increased to several metres. More than 80 per cent of the country's land is composed of coral islands which rise less than one metre above sea level. Source
