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Question
Suggest a place where one can go to study coral reefs, mangrove vegetation and estuaries.
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Solution
Coral reefs-Andaman and Nicobar Mangrove vegetation-West Bengal Estuaries-Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
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