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What are the different forms of coral reef?
Coral reefs can take four forms; fringing reef, platform reefs, barrier reefs and atolls. Fringing reefs are narrow and shallow, and generally occur near the shore, they literally are a thin 'fringe' along the coast. Platform reefs are reef outcroppings far from shore that occur in calm water. They often have a shallow lagoon, and are flat on top. Barrier reefs are reefs growing along a coastline that are separated from the coastline by a lagoon. Barrier reefs are very similar to fringings except that they are much larger. Atolls are ring reefs that usually form at the base of a volcano. Over time the volcano dissapears, leaving a rin of reef surrounded by deep ocean.
What are some of the names of corals?
Here are some of the names of some types of corals purple squirter, fringing reefs, barrier reefs, atoll reefs. If you like coral reefs, check out our website destructionofcoralreefs.weebly.com What is happening to our corals? Find out!
Which type of reefs forms very close to the shoreline of a volcanic island?
Fringing Reef
What are the 3 types of reefs?
fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls
What are coral reefs that grow in shallow water and border the coast?
fringing reefs
Are fringing reefs threatened or endangered?
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What are the three types of reefs?
fringing, coral, and barrel
Can you give a sentence using the word atoll?
The atoll in the Pacific Ocean is home to a diverse array of marine life and coral reefs.
What are three different types of reef?
coral reefs barrier reefs fringing reedfs atolls
What is a circular coral island that encloses a lagoon called?
A circular coral island that encloses a lagoon is called an atoll. Atolls are typically formed from coral reefs that grow around the rim of a submerged volcanic island.
What is a type of reef that surroundsa central lagoon?
fringing reefs
What kinds of reefs form lagoons?
Atoll reefs form lagoons.
