The Great Barrier Reef By: Rosalinda Medina
The Great Barrier Reef
By: Rosalinda Medina
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The sea in which the Great Barrier Reef is
located, off the coast of Queensland in northeast
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What is the Coral Sea?
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Around the world, reefs generally occur only where temperatures remain
above 18° Celsius (64° Fahrenheit) most of the time. This means that they
are usually located in this region, which is within 30° North and 30°
South of the equator.
The Great Barrier Reef is separated from the mainland by this shallow body of water from 10 to 100 miles wide.
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The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is
the world's biggest single structure made by billions of these tiny living organisms.
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This number of coral species, both hard corals
and soft corals can be found in the Great Barrier
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The plant species are spread by this type of animal in the Great
Barrier Reef.
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This caused mass coral bleaching events occur in
the summers of 1998, 2002 and 2006, in the Great
Barrier Reef.AnswerAnswerAnswerAnswer
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The rivers of north eastern Australia provide significant pollution of the Reef during
tropical flood events with over 90% of this pollution coming from
this source.
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This coral reef predator preys on coral
polyps.
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Protects a large part of the Great Barrier Reef.
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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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