UAE Geography

Islands, Marine Ecology and Coral Reefs

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  1. How does the Persian Gulf rank in dugong population worldwide?
  2. On which Abu Dhabi island did excavations yield a small natural pearl carbon dated to 5800/5600 BCE?
  3. Which island of Sharjah, about 65 km off the coast of Abu Dhabi, is the UAE's leading nesting site for hawksbill turtles?
  4. Which island did Sheikh Zayed choose as a retreat after becoming the first president of the UAE in 1971?
  5. Which mangrove species, commonly known as the grey mangrove, is one of the few mangroves found in the arid regions of the coastal Arabian Peninsula and excretes salt through its leaves?
  6. Sir Bu Nair Island, one of the most important hawksbill turtle nesting sites in the Persian Gulf, belongs to which emirate?
  7. Which seagrass genus, together with Halophila, makes up the main diet of dugongs?
  8. Which island off Umm Al Quwain is the site of an Eastern Christian monastery and Bishop's Palace and of the oldest pearl fishing town in the Persian Gulf?
  9. Why are coral reefs in the Persian Gulf relatively few and far between?
  10. Dalma Island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi, could be settled historically because of which physical asset?
  11. Which dolphin species lives in the shallow coastal waters of the UAE, which is home to one of the world's largest populations?
  12. Why is the water of the Persian Gulf more saline than the open ocean?
  13. What was the ice factory in Kalba originally built to supply?
  14. What is the average depth of the Persian Gulf?
  15. The Kalba Mangrove reserve on the UAE's east coast works to protect declining populations of which bird?
  16. What is the primary physiological mechanism by which Avicennia marina mangroves cope with high salt concentrations in seawater?
  17. Which Abu Dhabi island hosts a wildlife reserve established in 1977 by Sheikh Zayed, where a herd of over 400 Arabian oryx roams freely?
  18. Abu Dhabi city stands on a T-shaped island that is less than what distance from the mainland?
  19. What ecological term designates the coastal mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass beds capable of sequestering carbon in marine sediments?
  20. Which large migratory marine mammal is strictly herbivorous and depends entirely on the seagrass beds of the southern Arabian Gulf?
  21. Where do sabkhas form in relation to the tide?
  22. Which small rock island off Al Aqah on the northern coast of Fujairah, on the Gulf of Oman, is a popular tourist destination for scuba diving?
  23. Which wetland reserve between Bani Yas, Mussafah and the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain Road is home to birds such as the greater flamingo?
  24. In which body of water do the oil island of Zirku and Das Island lie?
  25. What do the aerial roots (pneumatophores) of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina allow the plant to do?

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