Fringing reef
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fringing-reef-182-13742297
title:
Fringing reef
text:
A fringing reef is one of the three main types of coral reef. It is distinguished from the other main types, barrier reefs and atolls, in that it has either an entirely shallow backreef zone (lagoon) or none at all. If a fringing reef grows directly from the shoreline, then the reef flat extends to the beach and there is no backreef. In other cases, fringing reefs may grow hundreds of yards from shore and contain extensive backreef areas within which it contains food and water. Some examples of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of coral reef
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringing_reef
date created:
2005-11-18T17:56:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:21:08Z
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