Synonyms for barrier reef
bar·ri·er reef

Princeton's WordNet

1. barrier reefnoun

   a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

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1. • Coral Reef

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Terry Hughes:

   If we go to 3, 4 degrees of global average warming which is tragically the trajectory we are currently on, then there won't be much left of The Great Barrier Reef or any other coral reefs throughout the tropics.

4. Scott Bryan:

   The pumice gets waterlogged or negatively buoyant and sinks to the sea floor and gets logged and stuck there, then those plants and animals and Great Barrier Reef can then continue to grow and grow in this new location.

5. Shani Tager:

   This decision has been described by some as a reprieve for the Reef. It is not a reprieve - it is a big, red flag from UNESCO, 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.