Tuvalu consists of three reef islands and six true atolls. Its small, scattered group of atolls have poor soil and a total land area of only about 26 square kilometres (10 square miles) making it the fourth smallest country in the world. The islets that form the atolls are very low lying. Nanumanga, Niutao, Niulakita are reef islands and the six true atolls are Funafuti, Nanumea, Nui, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae and Vaitupu. Tuvalu's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an oceanic area of approximately 900,000 km2. COUNT 5
QSN1 How many reef islands does the Tuvalu group have? ANS1 three QSN2 What are the number of true atolls are in the Tuvalu islands? ANS2 six QSN3 What is the total land area of Tuvalu? ANS3 26 square kilometres QSN4 How does Tuvalu rank in country size as compared to other nations? ANS4 fourth smallest QSN5 What is the coverage of Tuvalu's economic zone? ANS5 900,000 km2