Antonyms for barrier reefbar·ri·er reef

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1. • Coral Reef

Princeton's WordNet

1. barrier reefnoun

   a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

How to use barrier reef in a sentence?

1. Terry Hughes:

   This has been the saddest research trip of my life, almost without exception, every reef we flew across showed consistently high levels of bleaching, from the reef slope right up onto the top of the reef. We flew for 4000 kilometers (2,485 miles) in the most pristine parts of the Great Barrier Reef and saw only four reefs that had no bleaching. The severity is much greater than in earlier bleaching events in 2002 or 1998.

2. Adam Markham:

   I was disappointed that the final product ultimately omitted case studies on the Australian sites—the Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian wilderness and Kakadu National Park.

3. John Burt:

   It's a natural laboratory for studying how coral reefs might respond to climate change, these corals exist in hotter conditions than are projected for at least another century in places like Australias Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean.

4. Sean Connolly:

   Coral cover [on the Great Barrier Reef] has halved over the last 27 years.

5. Shani Tager:

   By insisting that the Australian government prepare a report within 18 months ... UNESCO has clearly shown that the Great Barrier Reef is not fine and is not safe in Tony Abbott’s hands.

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