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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.

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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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