Coral Barrier - Coral Barrier

Coral reefs located in the Coral Sea in northeastern Australia consist of more than 600 coral reefs and islands, 2,013km long, 16-20km wide, 240km wide. Total area of ​​207,000 km ² , creating a natural dike outside Australia's Queenland coast.

Coral at Coral Barrier coral (Photo: photo.net)

Coral reefs made up of hollowed out animals (Coelenterata), we still call them corals. The corals that live on the sea floor where limestone mountains are found, eat seaweed, and after digesting, they produce limestone. Old corals die, their bones are also attached to limestone. Young coral continue to live on it. Thus, millions of years of growth have become a large coral area. There are coral masses exposed to the water into the island, they are considered as strong fortresses of the coast, so they are called Coral Barriers.

Large corals have a thickness of over 200m, have a history of up to 30 million years. This sea has the condition of water temperature, the salinity is suitable for the life of coral, so the coral proliferate very strong, creating a unique style of Australia.

The coral consists of more than 350 types of corals of all colors. There are species that look like peach blossoms on Tet, there are beautiful species like peacocks that are dancing, there are species like stems that are stereoscopic, and have beautiful species as a sophisticated carved jewelry. From the plane looking down, coral reef is like a forest of fresh flowers floating on the blue sea. There are also coral reefs with strange fish swimming, catching prey, attacking each other in "bow glass". There are boys who parasitize on corals weighing up to 140kg, have lion fish that can release poisons and stone fish, the same shape as stones.

At present, coral reefs are being attacked by a sea oyster, there are broken coral circuits. The Australian Government is looking for ways to protect this coral reef.

Total area of ​​Coral Barrier coral beach 207,000km ² (Photo: msnbc.msn)