Synonyms for barrier reef

Princeton's WordNet

1. barrier reef(noun)

   a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore

How to use barrier reef in a sentence?

1. Sean Connolly:

   Coral cover [on the Great Barrier Reef] has halved over the last 27 years.

2. Guillermo Blanc:

   It's like putting an oil rig in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, it's insane.

3. Adam Markham:

   UCS believes conversations about the mounting threats to the Great Barrier Reef and other World Heritage sites need to happen and should be done publicly.

4. Sean Ryan:

   Our question is has the Environment Minister properly applied this legal obligation when considering the impacts of burning coal from this mine on the Great Barrier Reef?

5. Adam Markham:

   I was disappointed that the final product ultimately omitted case studies on the Australian sites—the Great Barrier Reef, Tasmanian wilderness and Kakadu National Park.

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