Marine ecoregions Marine ecoregions The Bar Reef is an a system of coral reefs just offshore from Sri Lanka's Kalpitiya peninsular. It has the greatest biodiversity of any coral reef in the waters around India and is one of the few pristine coral reef systems in Sri Lanka. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bar Reef"
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef. The reef is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space. An ancient barrier reef similar to the Great Barrier Reef can be found in The Kimberlies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Barrier Reef"
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System stretches from the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down to the Bay Islands of Honduras, this reef structure is the largest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere, the second largest coral reef in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System"
The New Caledonia Barrier Reef is located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, and is the second-largest coral reef in the world, after Australia's Great Barrier Reef. ...more on Wikipedia about "New Caledonia Barrier Reef"
The Ryukyu Islands or Nansei Islands (南西諸島 Nansei-shotō; "southwest islands"), are an island chain stretching southwestward from the island of Kyushu in Japan. The portion south of Yoron belongs to Okinawa Prefecture, and the portion north of and including Yoron belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture. The archipelago is home to the Ryukyuan languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ryukyu Islands"
The Saya de Malha Bank (also Sahia de Malha Bank) is a large undersea bank in the Indian Ocean, part of the vast undersea Mascarene Plateau. It lies east of Madagascar, southeast of the Seychelles, and north of the Nazareth Bank, the Cargados Carajos shoals, and the island of Mauritius, and falls into Mauritian Territorial waters. The closest piece of land are the tiny Agalega Islands (a remote dependency of Mauritius), some 300 km further west, followed by the southern Seychellan island of Coëtivy, some 400 km northwest. Mauritius claims Saya de Malha Bank and it is part of its Exclusive Economic Zone. ...more on Wikipedia about "Saya de Malha Bank"
Southeast Asian coral reefs have the highest levels of biodiversity for the world's marine ecosystems. They serve many functions, such as forming the core of livelihood for subsistence fishermen and even function as jewelry and construction materials. However, those sensitive coral reefs are facing detrimental effects on them due to variety of factors: overfishing, sedimentation and pollution, bleaching, and even tourist-related damage.(Burns) ...more on Wikipedia about "Southeast Asia coral reefs"
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