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1 The Great Barrier Reefis the largest coral reef in the world. long. The Great Barier Queensland, in north-eastern Australia, and itis2,00) kilometres Reef is not just one reef It is almost 3,000 reefs and islands!
2 The reef is a beautiful place. Some people describe it as an underwater garden. The coa that form the reef are very colourful Some of them look like plants, but they are not plants. They are made of thousands of tiny animals that are joined together. Coralscan only live in warm, clean, sea water with lots of light They feed at night, taking food from the water asit goes past.
3 Even more colourful than the corals are the fish that live in the reef, Some are one or two bright colours like blue or yellow 0thers have three or more colours, such as blue green and pink. Some have stripes and some have spots. One fish is white, black and yellow with red spots. The colours and patterns on some fish change as they grow.
4 The Great Barrier Reefisone of Australia's most popular holiday places. More than? million people visit the reef each year, so it has to be looked after very carefully ln may places people are not allowed to fish. Luckily the fish and the other animals on the reel are so interesting that most people are happy just to look at them!