Belize Barrier Reef

This is the peak tourist Belize popular destination for scuba diving and snorkeling and pulled her nearly half from 260,000 visitors, and vital to the fishing industry.Charles Darwin described it as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies" in 1842.Belize Barrier Reef is home to a large diversity of plants and animals, one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world:      * 70 types of hard coral     ...

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Andaman Sea Reefs, India

Andaman Sea is located on the east bank of the Indian Ocean, the west is bordered by the arc of islands stretching from North Sumatra to the Irrawaddy delta. Coral reefs are abundant in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Mergui Archipelago (Myanmar), Thailand and Malaysia's west coast and northwestern Sumatra (Indonesia). Most never been visited by scientists because of political constraints, so that this region is one of the most studied areas...

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Andros, Bahamas Barrier Reef

Coral barrier reef is the third largest in the world. These extend the distance of 142 miles along the east coast of Andros Island. It separates Andros from the tongue of the sea two thousand-foot drop-off point in the sea. Barrier reef is about one half mile from the beach. Some of the most diverse marine creatures can be seen here. Not only the beautiful cliffs, are very sensitive to environmental conditions. Water temperature should remain around...

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Red Sea Coral Reef

Red Sea coral reefs are found throughout the northern Indian Ocean basin. Most of the Red Sea coast is surrounded by shelves of large shallow sea that supports a wide edge of the reef system, which is by far the main dominant species of coral reefs found here.Reef platform is more than 5000 years, and extend along about 2,000 km (1240 miles) of coastline. Most consist mainly of branching corals from the genera Acropora and Porites.Some fringing reef...

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New Caledonia Barrier Reef

The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, and is the second-longest double-barrier coral reef in the world, after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.New Caledonia Barrier reef around Grand Terre, New Caledonia's largest island, and the Ile des Pins and several small islands, reaching a length of 1,500 kilometers (930 miles). Coral wrap lagoon of 24,000 square kilometers (9300 sq mi), which has an average depth of...

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