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fringing reef

noun

  1. a coral reef close to and along the land.


fringing reef

noun

  1. a coral reef close to the shore to which it is attached, having a steep seaward edge
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fringing reef

/ frĭnjĭng /

  1. A coral reef formed close to the shoreline of an island or continent. Fringing reefs usually have a rough, tablelike surface that is exposed during low tide and a steep edge sloping toward the open water.
  2. Compare atoll
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fringing reef1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Oil companies, Shell and Chevron, have carried out recent surveys for new oil and gas wells some 30 km away from protected parts of the Great Fringing Reef.

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Scientists, both in Egypt and internationally, have recommended the area where Gupco operates should be included in a new extended marine protection zone in the Red Sea, to cover the whole an area known as the Great Fringing Reef.

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“Molokai has the longest continuous fringing reef in the United States, and it’s one of our community’s greatest assets,” said Russell Kallstrom, information coordinator for the Nature Conservancy’s Molokai program.

Twelve villas, some beachfront, on a peaceful stretch of ocean, with a fringing reef about a half-mile offshore.

He shipwrecked on the fringing reef around Bonaire, on the continental shelf of South America— and the rest is ocean conservation history.

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