Research the Great Barrier Reef and provide three interesting facts about the reef.?

Question

Research the Great Barrier Reef and provide three interesting facts about the reef.?

Answer 1

-the Great Barrier REEF is actually more than 2, 800 Coral reefs

-the Great Barrier reef is located in the Coral Sea, off of the coast of Queansland, in Northeast Australia

-it is 500, 000 years old

-it is the world's largest coral reef system

-composed of roughly 900 islands stretching for 2,600 km's over an area of approximately 344,400 square km's

-The great barrier reef is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world

enjoy!

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Answer 2

From the The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) website.

It is the largest natural feature on earth stretching more than 2,300km along the northeast coast of Australia from the northern tip of Queensland to just north of Bundaberg.

Creatures of the Reef

Marine animals on the Great Barrier Reef include:

350 types of hard coral;

5,000 to 8,000 molluscs and thousands of different sponges, worms, crustaceans, and other less familiar creatures;

about 800 species of echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins);

1,500 species of fishes;

22 species of seabirds that live and breed on the islands within the marine park;

more than 30 species of marine mammal; and

6 species of marine turtles, all listed as threatened.

Answer 3

the reef is actually made up of about 2000 smaller reefs.

just watched that on Planet Earth.

Answer 4

The reef is being devastated by the Crown of Thorns Starfish.

Answer 5

1500 fish live there ,and you can explore it by aircraft flyovers,and diving.