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The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef. Tourism. Many tourists, hot and nice water Divers V ery popular destination for tourists, especially the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns region Daily boat turns

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The Great Barrier Reef

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  1. The GreatBarrierReef

  2. Tourism • Many tourists, hot and nice water • Divers • Very popular destination for tourists, especially the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns region • Daily boatturns • Tourist administration takes a daily gift from the tourist. The money goes to research for the Great Barrier Reef.

  3. History • The top layer is about 8000 years old • Sea-level has changed. • The Australians Aborigines have lived in the area for 40 000 years. • James Cook exlpored the Sea

  4. Pollution • Pollution and degradation of water. • The quality of water has deteriorated in recent years. • Deteriorated water  algae blooming. • April 2010 a Chinese ship had tried to take a shortcut across the reefs. The ship leaked oil that damaged the rare corals.

  5. Ecology • Around1625 fishingarts • Close to 330 arts ofsquirt. • 5 000 mollusks documentedin the reef. • Clownfish, Red bass, Red-throat and Minkewhale. • Around 22 º - 28 º

  6. Signatureof The GreatBarrierReef • Biggest in the world • 2900 individual reefs • 900 islands. • 2 600 kilometers long • Making a surface over 344 400 sq. • Australia / Queensland • Asia / Pacafic Ocean • Largest structure builtby livingorganisms. • Space.

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