Why is the Great Barrier Reef a barrier?

The Great Barrier Reef acts as a barrier because it runs virtually parallel to the Queensland coast for some 2300km. It prevents the rough surf from reaching the shore, creating a sheltered area for sealife Continental Shelf I just came back from the Great Barrier Reef, and here's what the marine biologists tell me: Under the water on the eastern coast of Australia is a huge continental shelf, as there are in many countries. The water is relatively shallow for about 10 miles (16km) and then drops off to very deep.In the last ice age, when much of the ocean's water was taken up into ice, this shelf was dry land.

(You can imagine how many interesting fossils are buried there. ) When the shelf was flooded again, the outside edge, where deep water comes up to shallow water, became the active area for life, forming corals and attracting fish.

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