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Example sentences for "coral reefs"

  • I have referred particularly to these reefs because at the time that Mr. Darwin wrote his work on "Coral Reefs," fringing-reefs were alone believed to exist in these islands.

  • Phosphorescence, as a guide to coral reefs, 205.

  • During his survey of this island in 1882, Lieutenant Oldham ascertained that this name of Simbo actually belonged to a small island bordering its south-east coast with which it was connected by coral reefs.

  • The entrance to the harbour is surrounded by coral reefs, and is very intricate.

  • Here is a magnificent harbour, surrounded by coral reefs, but the mouth is so narrow that we could not have attempted to enter had not the boats of three vessels lying there come out to assist in towing us in.

  • Most of these islands are surrounded by coral reefs, and we may run upon one of them in the dark and knock the boat to pieces.

  • GENUS ^Halimeda^ This genus resembles the corallines externally, and is abundant on coral reefs.

  • Population growth has been accompanied by deforestation, deterioration in the road system, the water supply, and other parts of the infrastructure.

  • Appended to Mr. Darwin's great work on coral reefs, there is a map on which atolls and encircling reefs are indicated by one colour, fringing reefs by another, and active volcanoes by a third.

  • An unemployment rate of 50% continues to be a major problem.

  • The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin page 146.


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