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types of reefs


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Apron reef — short reef resembling a fringing reef, but more sloped; extending out and downward from a point or peninsular shore.

Fringing reef — reef extending directly out from a shoreline, and more or less following the trend of the shore.

Barrier reef — reef separated from a mainland or island shore by a lagoon; see Great Barrier Reef.

Patch reef — an isolated, often circular reef, usually within a lagoon or embayment.

Ribbon reef — long, narrow, somewhat winding reef, usually associated with an atoll lagoon.

Table reef — isolated reef, approaching an atoll type, but without a lagoon.

Atoll reef — a more or less circular or continuous barrier reef surrounding a lagoon without a central island

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