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The aborigionies How was the great barrier reef formed?

The Great Barrier Reef lies along the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia. It is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and it has been declared as World Heritage Par . A !o!ular and "a#or Australian tourist destination, the Great Barrier Reef attracts hundreds of tourists fro" around the world. It is believed that $.% "illion &ears ago, there was a drastic change in cli"ate conditions. When the !olar ice ca!s started to "elt, the sea levels rose. The records show that the sea levels rose and fell at least %' ti"es. (ue to this Australia)s continental shelf was flooded and corals growing on the edges of these shelves e!t !ace with the rising sea levels to for" the Great Barrier Reef. The "arine geoscientists have discovered that a reef range of the si*e of Great Barrier Reef too so"ewhere between +,,,,, and $,,,,,, &ears to for". A series of -,,, individual reefs and $,,, islands together for" the Great Barrier Reef. A!!ro.i"atel& ',, s!ecies of corals are found here. The reef su!!orts around %,,, different varieties of fish.To this date around ',,, s!ecies of "ollus have been identified. /a! of the great barrier reef.

wildlife of the great barrier reef

There are "ore than $+,, s!ecies of fish that inhabit the Great Barrier Reef. The& range in si*e fro" the tin& gobies, so"e of which weigh less than one gra", to the larger bon& fishes such as the tus fish and !otato cod, to the "assive cartilaginous fishes such as "anta ra&s, tiger shar s and whale shar s. (a"selfish, wrasses and tus fish are a"ong the "ost abundant fishes on the reef. 0ther fish of the Great Barrier Reef include blennies, butterfl& fish, triggerfish, cowfish, !ufferfish, angelfish, ane"one fish, coral trout, seahorses, sea !erch, sole, scor!ion fish, haw fish and surgeonfish.

Tourist as!ect of the great barrier reef.

There are few statistics available fro" the earl& da&s but so"e indications of the growing awareness of the region as a holida& destination. 0ne !ublication, 1airns

a Guide for Residents, Tourists and Business /en, $2-3, states, 4Without a doubt, the tourist traffic is a highl& i"!ortant industr& to the 1airns district. (uring the winter "onths thousands of visitors ta e the o!!ortunit& of visiting the sunn& north in order to esca!e the rigours of the southern winter.4 A $2'5 re!ort, !roduced b& the newl& established Queensland Tourist (evelo!"ent Board, stated that +,,, visitors a &ear were visiting the grou! of Barrier Reef Islands of the Whitsunda& Passage, alread& selected b& this board as one of Queenslands outstanding tourist attractions. 6ishing and shell gathering were the "ain recreational uses of the reef at this ti"e, with !arties so"eti"es "a ing "assive collections of both during outings to !laces such as Green Island and Heron Island. A!!reciation of the coral reefs 7 now the "ain focus of "ost reef tri!s 7 was confined in the earl& da&s to reef wal s at low tide or gli"!ses through glass7botto"ed bo.es. Indeed, few reefs were accessible to da&7tri!!ers, the "ost s!ectacular ones, in the clearest water, too far fro" shore for li"ited tri!s. Technolog&, co"bined with a ra!id worldwide rise in interest in recreational travel, transfor"ed reef touris" in the later $28,)s and 3,)s. The first large, high s!eed cata"aran carr&ing $+, !eo!le at over %+ nots 7 and thus to !reviousl& inaccessible reefs 7 were introduced in $23%. 9nor elling gear, and then 9cuba gear, began to be used with fre:uenc& at about the sa"e ti"e.

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