The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), also popularly known as the Great Mayan Reef or Great Maya Reef, is a marine region that stretches over 1...
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limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) long section of the 900-kilometre (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous...
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including the Belize Barrier Reef, straddling the coast of Belize, within the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Great Barrier Reef, in Australia, the world's...
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on the southern edge of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest barrier reef in the world. Reef systems are very delicate and have experienced...
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Reef. Other major examples are the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System and the New Caledonian Barrier Reef. Barrier reefs are also found on the coasts of Providencia...
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2016). "Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouth". The Guardian. Retrieved April 23, 2016. "Definition of GREAT BARRIER REEF". Edison Lobão; Fernando...
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Great Blue Hole (category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System)
flooded. The Great Blue Hole is a part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site was made famous by Jacques...
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Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (redirect from Cozumel Reefs National Marine Park)
Roo, Mexico. The Cozumel reef system is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second largest coral reef system in the world. Even though...
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Sapodilla Cayes (category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System)
constitution. The Sapodilla Cayes are a system of cayes, or low sandy islands, that are part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve...
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coastline and crystal-clear waters and its coral reef, that is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second longest one in the world. Prior to...
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Mesoamerica (redirect from Mesoamerican)
ecosystems are present in Mesoamerica; the more well known are the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second largest in the world, and La Mosquitia (consisting...
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third largest after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. The New Caledonian barrier reef surrounds Grande Terre, New Caledonia's...
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Gulf of Honduras (section Coral reefs)
Belize Barrier Reef which forms the southern part of the 900 km (600 mile) long Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest coral reef system in...
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wide, making it the largest coral atoll in Belize and in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. The atoll was officially declared a marine reserve on November...
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Heritage Site. BCNPMR is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the world's second longest barrier reef, which is home to the Great Blue Hole...
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Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world. It has been documented in...
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overnight trips.[citation needed] Established as a key area of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the Cayos and the surrounding waters were declared a marine...
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similarities Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, system of coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea along the coast of Yucatán and Central America Mesoamerican Biological...
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Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve (category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System)
and barrier reef, and the largest lagoon on the island of Ambergris caye, Laguna de Cantena. The reef lies within the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the...
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January 2017. Apart from the island tourist zone (part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System), the Mexican residential section of the city, the downtown...
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Belize (section Belize Barrier Reef)
limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre-long (190 mi) section of the 900-kilometre-long (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous...
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and reef aquatic activities dependent on the beaches, coastal water and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (also known as the Belize Barrier Reef) which...
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hundred meters off shore lies the Puerto Morelos portion of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, designated as a National Marine Park in 1998 due to local...
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finds a reef it is able to attach to and grow back into a polyp, settling on a hard surface. Then the cycle repeats. Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical...
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Isla Contoy (category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System)
Isla Contoy is a small island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Isla Mujeres. The island is only 8.5 km (5.3 mi)...
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world. This exhibit is designed to feature the life of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System and showcases the Aquarium's whale sharks and manta rays as...
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to the east along the Caribbean Sea. The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is an immense coral barrier reef which stretches over 1,100 km (700 miles)...
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Cozumel (section Coral reefs)
tip of the island. These reefs are part of the much larger Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is the second largest reef in the world, stretching...
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Coral (category Coral reefs)
had not formed structurally complex reefs such as those that compose the nearby Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. To assess the threat level of coral...
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Punta de Manabique (category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System)
Punta de Manabique is a small peninsula that separates Amatique Bay from the Gulf of Honduras. It is located on Guatemala's east coast, some 20 km north...
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