The geography of the Maldives is complicated by the majority of its coastline being made up of coral reefs and having very steep terrain - between 20 to 40 degrees on average and reaching a ...

Beyond money and geography, there is another important difference between India and China as competitors, one that was illustrated during the Maldives’ flare-up with India earlier this year.

As reputations go, the Maldives is probably best known as a ... In the Baa Atoll, a quirk of oceanic geography funnels plankton into Hanifaru Bay, transforming the reef into the ideal spot for ...

Marginalized island communities in the Maldives affected by climate change face limited access to water because of inadequate government consultations, poor monitoring, and economic barriers.

The Maldives is a republic lies south-west of the Indian sub-continent. It is made up of a chain of nearly 1,200 islands, most of them uninhabited. None of the coral islands stand more than 1.8 ...