Great Barrier Reef, Australia

June 15, 2009 in Australia

The Great Barrier Reef, listed on the world heritage site in 1981, is the largest reef in the world.[adsense] It is a single structure with many living structures. This coral reef is parallel to the Australia for almost 2000km. It consists of 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish , 4,000 types of mollusks, sponges, worms, crustaceans, 800 species of echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins) and 215 bird species, of which 29 are seabirds. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is 345,000 km2, also larger than the whole area of the UK and Ireland.