The Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier ReefBy: Ayesha Brij

Protecting the Protecting the environmentenvironment

Conserve water - the less water you use, the less water gets wasted and Eventually finds it's way back to the ocean.

Volunteer - Volunteer for the local beach clean ups and reef clean up programs.

Because being apart of the solution is better than being

apart of the problem.

Interesting FactsInteresting Facts

The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest reef system.

The Great Barrier Reef is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs.

The Great Barrier Reef has over 900 Islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres

What is it known for?What is it known for?

It's fish

It's jelly fish

Fun

Discovering corals

Discovering different species

My description My description Appearance:

The Great Barrier Reef has a great appearance it has corals, reefs, and the Amazing ocean.

Size:The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park covers

344,400 square kilometres in area.

Location:The Great Barrier Reef is located in a lovely town

called Cairns.It extends south from Northern tip of

Queensland in North-eastern Australia to just north of bundaberg

My description pt.2My description pt.2Animals:

Angelfish

Known for their distinctive shape and often strikingly colourful markings, Angelfish are one of the more numerous species of fish in the Great

Barrier Reef, with over 80 different species in the family in total. Typical characteristics of the

Angelfish include their beauty, inquisitive nature, and tendency to be found in all levels of the

upper reef, from the surface to the base of the area’s coral formations..

My description pt.3My description pt.3The history of Great Barrier Reef is limited to what we humans know after we inhabited the continent. But the process of coral building, where a new coral reef would erect on a dead one has been going on a million years, which lead to the structure of Great

Barrier Reef.The Great Barrier Reef is an extremely ancient,

nature’s creation ranging millions and millions years back. It consists of thousands of species of animal

life both above and below the sea.

My description pt.4 My description pt.4 Interesting facts:Over 1500 different species of fish live in the Great Barrier Reef, including clownfish, star of

the animated film Finding Nemo.

Whales, dolphins and dugong can also be seen in the Great Barrier Reef.

Climate change is perhaps the biggest threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

Finally I have finished my description back to the rest of the work.

Did you know that the impact that has been on the Great

Barrier Reef by people is ways like

Pollution, Fertilizers, And Pestioides ?

What impact has there been on the Landmark by people?

Name the Name the different native different native species that live species that live

in the area.in the area.What have they What have they

had to do to had to do to survive when survive when

living in this area.living in this area.

Marine fish, Damsel fish, tusk fish, mantra rays, whale sharks, turtles.

When they had to survive they needed to use...

Water from the Great Barrier Reef, corals to hide from dangerous

creatures, and their own Habitat for shelter.

The The introduced introduced

species of the species of the animals that animals that have been have been

introduced to introduced to this area. this area.

What Impact What Impact have they have they had on this had on this

environment?environment?Caribbean Tube-worm has been

Introduced on The Great Barrier Reef it is a nuisance for vessel owners because it builds

Calcareous tubes on hard surfaces such as boat, and hulls which can reduce the boats

performance and speed, and increase costs of maintenance.

& more words I will speak of.

Thank you 😃😇😊😉😂Thank you 😃😇😊😉😂By: Ayesha Brij ✌️ 🐠🐟🐬🐬🐚🎤🎶