Asian Diver – March 2018

(Steven Felgate) #1

Open Water Reef Crest Reef Flat


CORAL REEFS act as a buffer for
the coastline, reducing 97% of wave
energy and 84% of wave height

CORALS come in
ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
Corals grow as plates, branches,
boulders, brain and even single polyps

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is the largest continuous coral reef in the world

THE MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF, stretching from Cancún to
Honduras, is the second largest reef in the world

Plate

Mesoamerican
Barrier Reef

Great
Barrier Reef

Branch

USA

Australia

Brain Single Polyp

Area of Reef

Boulder

DIVING BY NUMBERS

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