Question

Write major features of the great barrier reef of Australia

Answer 1

Answer:

covers 344,400 km2 in area

includes the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem

includes some 3000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 300 coral cays and about 150 inshore mangrove islands

extends south from the northern tip of Queensland in north-eastern Australia to just north of Bundaberg

is between 60 and 250 kilometres in width

has an average depth of 35 metres in its inshore waters, while on outer reefs, continental slopes extend down to depths of more than 2000 metres

was created in 1975 through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act

extends into the airspace above and into the earth beneath the seabed.