CORAL REEFS

Definition: CORAL REEFS

CORAL REEFS

1. (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs , when they border the land; barrier reefs , when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls , when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: CORAL REEFS

Books

• A Field Guide to Coral Reefs : Caribbean and Florida (reference)

• Coral Reefs (Biomes of Nature) (reference)

• Coral Reefs (Lifeviews) (reference)

• Coral Reefs (Lucent Overview Series) (reference)

• Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Honolulu and Its Fringing Reef", Plate VI. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"Eastern Side of the Entrance to Honolulu Harbor", Plate VII. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"Shore Edge of the Fringing Reef East of Honolulu", Plate VIII. In: "Coral Reefs of the Hawaiian Islands" by Alexander Agassiz. April 1889. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard College. Vol. XVII. No. 3. Library Call Number G161 A26. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sea turtles are occasionally seen near sea-grass meadows around coral reefs in the Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Bioerosion of coral reefs makes them brittle and susceptible to collapse. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Nassau grouper ambushes its prey on Caribbean coral reefs. Epinephelus striatus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Close-up underwater photography of coral reefs can only be done by divers. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

The value of coral reefs is understood in Aqaba, Jordan. Credit: Small World.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Mauritius

Terrain: Volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs. (references)

Solomon Islands

The smaller islands are atolls and raised coral reefs, often spectacularly beautiful. (references)

Seychelles

The coral islands are flat with elevated coral reefs at different stages of formation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: alfresco, carolers, clearers, escarole, frescoer.

-3 letters: acerose, areoles, careers, caroler, carrels, cereals, claroes, clearer, coalers, coarser, corrals, creaser, creoles, escolar, farcers, fearers, ferrels, forcers, loafers, oracles, recoals, refaces, relaces, rescale, rescore, rolfers, safrole, sclerae, solacer.

-4 letters: areole, career, carers, carles, carols, carrel, ceorls, cereal, claros, clears, closer, coaler, coarse, corals, corers, corral, crease.

+5 letters: antiforeclosure, reproachfulness.

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