The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is the second largest in the world, and it passes through Mexico, Belize, and Honduras. The SECOND largest coral reef is located in the Yucatan waters near Mexico.
In the early 1980s, the pristine, beach-girdled Caribbean coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula was marked by little more than a few fishing villages. There was a hotel here and a hammock there, but not much of an effort to identify their position, nor much infrastructure to support them.
But just as it did for Cancún in the early 1970s, Mexico's government tourism development agency decided to put a name to this beautiful face, and the Riviera Maya was born. And soon enough, a highway was built parallel to the coast, linking these sun-drenched towns and villages to the Cancúnairport.
Sure, the name rings of romanticized marketing conceit, but Riviera Maya is indeed an ideal description of the magic carpet of sand that unrolls virtually unbroken for 81 miles south of Cancún.
The Riviera Maya starts in Puerto Morelos, one of the coast's last genuine fishing villages, 12 miles south of the Cancúnairport. The beach here is not as impressive as those deeper into the region -- the salt-and-pepper shoreline doesn't glisten quite as brightly, and less-than translucent seas have a blanket of turtle grass underfoot.
But there are advantages to being based in Puerto Morelos. Your airport transfer is barely 20 minutes, and he proximity of Cancún makes an evening out on the town a realistic option. Nightlife in laid-back Puerto Morelos may be a tad scruffy, but it's fun for an evening or two. Better still, the barrier reef -- the world's second-longest -- lies less than a mile offshore and it's a designated marine reserve along this section of Riviera Maya. The beaches are quiet and uncrowded.
The coral reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral Sea is the Great Barrier Reef. It is the world's largest reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and stretches for over 1,400 miles over an area of about 133,000 square miles.
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The world's largest coral reef located off the coast of Australia is the Great Barrier Reef. It extends for a length of around 2,600 km.
At around 2300 kilometres long, the Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is the longest coral reef in the world.
The Great Barrier Reef, off the northeast coast of Australia
The continent of Australia's great barrier reef is the largest in the world.
Great Barrier reef
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Although the length is unknown, it has not rained in the Sahara Desert for over a century and maybe more (although it has snowed on two occasions). The longest on record is an area of Sudan, which from 1954 to 1967 went through consecutive years without a single drop from the skies.
one is in the reef and the other isn't, it is in dirt.
The San Andreas Fault is the worlds longest fault line. IT extends 810 miles through California. It is the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
The biggest coral reef is found in Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
the longest reef of north America is the longest reef in the continent
What is the longest reef in Europe?
The worlds second longest barrier reef is the un-named barrier reef approximately half a mile away from the coast of Belize.
The longest reef is Great Barrier Reef. This reef stretches to 2,300 km and is found in Australia, right off the coast.
The Belize Barrier Reef is considered to be Latin America's longest reef. In second place is the Great Barrier Reef which is located in Australia.
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The great barrier reef has the worlds largest deposit of corals.
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The longest known coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef, which lies off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is around 2300 kilometres long.
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