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barrier reef

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

barrier reef A reef that trends parallel to a shore but is separated from it by a lagoon. The reef-building organisms build up the structure to approximately the low-tide level. One of the finest examples is the Great Barrier Reef which lies off the north-western coast of Australia: it extends for about 1900 km and is 30–160 km in width.

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barrier reef

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

barrier reef Reef trending parallel to, but separated by a lagoon from, a shore. The reef-building organisms build up the structure to approximately the low tide level. One of the finest examples is the Great Barrier Reef which lies off the north-eastern coast of Australia: it extends for about 1900 km and is 30–160 km in width.

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barrier reef

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

barrier reef Long, narrow coral reef lying some distance from, and roughly parallel to, the shore, and separated by a lagoon. Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the most famous.

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barrier reef

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bar·ri·er reef • n. a coral reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it by a channel of deep water.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	The Great Barrier Reef. Magazine article from: Earth Focus One Planet-One Community; 9/22/2007
	Solon seeks protection of sole double barrier reef in Asia. News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency; 8/21/2011
	Exposing environmental myths about the Great Barrier Reef. Magazine article from: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs; 12/22/2006