Great Barrier Reef - World’s largest coral system

Wednesday, 13/04/2016 15:25
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral composed of over 2,900 individual forming 900 islands stretching over 2,300 kilometres long across an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef  is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. (Photo: News)

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for more than 2,000 kilometers 
along the Queensland coastline. (Photo: 
andrewmcmillen)

The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest
single structure made by living organisms (Photo: 
portdouglasmeridian)

It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species
of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc. (Photo: flightcentre)

The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over
3000 individual reef systems and coral cays. (Photo: DailyMail)

(Photo: Aims)

(Photo: worldwildlife)

The Great Barrier Reef supports a vast array of life forms. Thirty species of whales,
dolphins and porpoises. (Photo: coralreefs)

Six species of sea turtles, the green sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, hawksbill turtle,
loggerhead sea turtle, flatback turtle, and the olive ridley come to the reef to breed. (Photo: earthporm)

More than 200 types of birds also converge here. (Photo: scienceblogs)

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