{"id":3085,"date":"2023-07-26T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/?page_id=3085"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T00:55:34","slug":"facts-about-the-great-barrier-reef","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/learn\/facts-about-the-great-barrier-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about the Great Barrier Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3085\" class=\"elementor elementor-3085\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62ee4390 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"62ee4390\" 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class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\">Reef facts<\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Learn about the Great Barrier Reef. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26db634d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"26db634d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64b026c5\" data-id=\"64b026c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20170607-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-2-1024x847.webp 1024w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20170607-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-2-768x636.webp 768w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20170607-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-2-1536x1271.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2022a6ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2022a6ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reef facts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c391855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c391855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The Great Barrier Reef makes up about 10 per cent of the world&#8217;s coral reef ecosystems, and is one of the best known and most complex natural systems on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>It is the Sea Country home for the first Australians \u2014&nbsp; more than 70 Traditional Owner groups \u2014 whose connections to the marine environment date back more than 60,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>Today the Reef is a Marine Park and World Heritage Area, supporting a range of commercial activities and attracting millions of visitors each year who come to enjoy its beauty above and below the water.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Barrier Reef is an economic powerhouse, contributing more than $6.4 billion each year to the Australian economy and around 64,000 full-time jobs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6fd602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6fd602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">size and area<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0eaca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf0eaca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Great Barrier Reef is unique as it extends over 14 degrees of latitude, from shallow estuarine areas to deep oceanic waters.<\/p><p>Within this vast expanse is a unique range of ecological communities, habitats and species \u2013 all of which make the Reef one of the most complex natural ecosystems in the world.<\/p><p>Some key facts about the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park:<\/p><ul><li>covers 344,400 square kilometres in area<\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-e0f9d43 );\">includes the world\u2019s largest coral reef ecosystem<\/span><\/li><li>includes some 3000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 300 coral cays and about 150 inshore mangrove islands<\/li><li>extends south from the northern tip of Queensland in north-eastern Australia to just north of Bundaberg<\/li><li>is between 60 and 250 kilometres in width<\/li><li>has an average depth of 35 metres in its inshore waters, while on outer reefs, continental slopes extend down to depths of more than 2000 metres<\/li><li>was created in 1975 through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act<\/li><li>extends into the airspace above and into the earth beneath the seabed.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6bd650 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6bd650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">animals and plants<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1136a51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1136a51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While it\u2019s known primarily for its giant maze of colourful reefs, its intricate architecture also provides a home for a vast number of animals and plants.<\/p><p>Some of these, such as turtles and crocodiles, have been around since prehistoric times and have changed little over the millennia.<\/p><p>The breathtaking array of marine creatures includes 600 types of soft and hard corals, more than 100 species of jellyfish, 3000 varieties of molluscs, 500 species of worms, 1625 types of fish, 133 varieties of sharks and rays, and more than 30 species of whales and dolphins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34600a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c34600a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">coral and habitats<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d90284b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d90284b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While coral reefs initially made the Great Barrier Reef famous, they only comprise about seven per cent of the Marine Park and the World Heritage Area.<\/p><p>The rest of the Marine Park is an extraordinary variety of marine habitats, ranging from shallow inshore areas \u2013 such as seagrass, mangroves, sand, algal and sponge gardens, and inter-reefal communities \u2013 to deep oceanic areas more than 250 kilometres offshore.<\/p><p>Rather than having one level of protection throughout the Marine Park, the area is instead divided into different zones. Each zone has different rules outlining permitted activities and those that are prohibited.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7e1a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f7e1a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">marine park size compated to other areas<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d196e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7d196e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Covering 344,400 square kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is:<\/p><ul><li>bigger than Victoria and Tasmania combined<\/li><li>bigger than the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Holland combined<\/li><li>roughly the same area as Japan, Malaysia or Italy<\/li><li>approximately half the size of Texas<\/li><li>slightly smaller than the entire Baltic Sea<\/li><li>the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park would fit into Hudson Bay 3.6 times<\/li><li>Great Britain would fit in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 1.6 times<\/li><li>if laid along the coastlines of France, the Great Barrier Reef would cover 67 per cent of the total length<\/li><li>the Great Barrier Reef would cover the distance from Rio de Janeiro to the mouth of the Amazon River<\/li><li>the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park would cover 98.6 per cent of Germany<\/li><li>the Great Barrier Reef could be laid down 1.4 times North to South within India<\/li><li>South Korea would fit inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 1.54 times<\/li><li>Mount Fuigi could be stacked end-to-end 609 times along the Great Barrier Reef<\/li><li>New Zealand would fit the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 1.3 times.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Marine Park stretches approximately 2300 kilometres along the coast of Queensland in north-eastern Australia \u2013 this is about the same length as the west coast of the USA from Vancouver to the Mexican border.<\/p><p>The Belize Reef off the Caribbean coast of Belize is the second longest barrier reef in the world at 290 kilometres, while Ningaloo Reef off the West Australian coast is 280 kilometres long.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc362f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cc362f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4-1024x847.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-580\" alt=\"Clown fish in anemone\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4-1024x847.webp 1024w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4-300x248.webp 300w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4-768x636.webp 768w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4-1536x1271.webp 1536w, http:\/\/www.greatbarrierreefaquarium.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20180810-PT-tank-Reef-HQ-Aquarium-4.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49372557 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"49372557\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48d4a77b\" data-id=\"48d4a77b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d22d850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6d22d850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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