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What are the two distinct coral reef regions in the world?
The Great Barrier Reef and The Fiji Islands Barrier reef
Does the great barrier reef only experience 2 season?
No. The Great Barrier Reef has summer, autumn, winter and spring, but winters are warm and mild compared to southern regions. Unlike the "Top End" of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef does not have just a "wet season" and a "dry season".
What type of site is the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef.
What is the name of a barrier reef?
The barrier reef off of the coast of Australia is the Great Barrier Reef. This reef is the largest coral reef system in the entire world.
What is the proper name for the Great Barrier Reef?
The proper name for the Great Barrier Reef is simply "Great Barrier Reef".
Is Osprey Reef located on the Great Barrier Reef?
No. Although Osprey Reef is in the Coral Sea, where the Great Barrier Reef is located, it is actually separate from the Great Barrier Reef.
When did the Great Barrier Reef get it name?
The Great Barrier Reef was named by Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate the Australian continent.The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef placed into the category of 'barrier reef'. This means that the reef is separated from the coastline due to the water's depth being too deep. The reef was given its name because of the following.Great: The Great Barrier Reef is a large and vast coral reef: at 2000km long, it is the largest coral reef in the world.Barrier: The Great Barrier Reef is a barrier reef. A barrier reef is one which runs parallel to the shore, separated by a channel of water.Reef: The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef.
Is the Great Barrier Reef the largest reef in the world?
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system in the world.
Are there sharks living in the Great Barrier Reef?
Shark species in the Great Barrier reef include:various species of reef shark (the most common of the sharks in the Great Barrier Reef) such as grey reef shark and whitetip reef sharklemon sharkvarious species of wobbegong sharkcoral catsharkleopard sharktiger shark
What is an example of an ecosystem in the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef ecosystem.
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.
What is significant about the New Caledonia Barrier Reef?
Its a double barrier reef.
