Great Barrier Reef

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a coral reef parallel to the coast of Queensland, in NE Australia. 1,250 miles (2,010 km) long.

Great Barrier Reef

noun

a coral reef in the Coral Sea, off the NE coast of Australia, extending for about 2000 km (1250 miles) from the Torres Strait along the coast of Queensland; the largest coral reef in the world

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Yeah, it is a kind of Great Barrier Reef.

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The wild clownfish are almost identical to the ones depicted in the movie Finding Nemo, in which a timid clownfish living off the Great Barrier Reef goes in search of his son.

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Sir David remembers his first scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef way back in 1957: "I was so taken aback by the spectacle before me I forgot – momentarily – to breathe."

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The two British tourists who drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef have been named.

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She documents trees moving in South America to find survivable habitats, the plight of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino and a small experimental effort to save the dying Great Barrier Reef.

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