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The Great Barrier Reef is about the same size of which country?
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How are coral reefs the same as the Great Barrier Reef?
well, the great barrier reef is basically a giant coral reef.
Are the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea the same thing?
No. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef. It is located in the Coral Sea.
Is the great coral reef the same as the Great Barrier Reef?
No. A coral reef is just a reef made out of coral. There are many other kinds of reefs. A coral reef is just one kind. The Great Barrier Reef is a specific coral reef. There are many other coral reefs in the world.
How has the US government responded to the issue same as the great barrier reef?
solar energy
Is the Great Barrier Reef the same as The wet tropics of Queensland?
No. the Great Barrier Reef is a marine coral ecosystem. The wet tropics refer to the terrestrial region comprising rainforest, and experiencing heavy rainfall during summer.
Is the mesoamerican barrier reef the same thing as the Belize barrier reef?
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System stretches from the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula down to the Bay Islands of Honduras. It includes the Belize Barrier Reef. This reef structure is the largest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest barrier reef in the world.
Is the Great Barrier Reef a sea?
No. The Grat Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs, islands and atolls stretching for a length of about 2300 km off the northeastern coast of Australia. It is within the Coral Sea, but it is not the same as the Coral Sea.
What does a barrier reef look like?
The Great Barrier Reef is the name of the world's largest reef system. It is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is made up of more than 2900 coral reefs and 900 islands, and extends for about 2300 km parallel to the coastline.
What would happen if the climate conditions change in the great barrier reef?
Most island of the Great Barrier Reef are very little above seal level, thus would be swamped by a rapid rise in sea level brought about by glaciers melting. The same fate awaits the Maldives and many island groups, also countries like Bangladesh.
What is the general appearance of the coral reef?
Colonies of coral take on many shapes and sizes. No two look the same. Some resemble plants, some resemble brains, some are spiraling while others are flat like a table top. All of these make up a coral reef. There are many different types of coral reef as well. There is atoll reef, barrier reef, fringing reef, table reef, apron reef, bank reef, patch reef and others. Each of these different types of coral reef grows in a different environment. For more information about the specific shapes associated with the reef types listed above, see the related link.
What are all the places in Australia starting with The Great?
Some of the following Australian names are features rather than actual places, but they all begin with "The Great". The Great Sandy Desert The Great Australian Bight The Great Barrier Reef The Great Artesian Basin The Great Ocean Road The Great Sandy National Park (not related or anywhere near the desert of the same name) The Great Sandy Strait The Great Dividing Range The Great Basalt Wall National Park
What is the Great Barrier Reef made of?
The Great Barrier Reef was built by natural means, with years and years of living coral building upon the skeletons of other coral, but in conjunction with a particular type of algae. The corals that build reefs are not single animals. Coral is made up of colonies comprised of many individual animals called polyps, which join together. Coral polyps are a little like sea anemones, having tentacles that extend outwards, but they are not actually anemones. Corals which create coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae. This algae, which lives within the tissues of the coral, causes a photosynthetic reaction which enables the polyps to make skeletons about three times faster in the light than in the dark. This means the corals deposit skeletons faster than the environment can remove it, and these skeletons build upon each other over time, creating a coral reef.
