| 21. | Because the island is as-yet undeveloped, the fringing reef system surrounding Klein Bonaire is truly pristine.
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| 22. | Unlike the majority of French Polynesian islands, the Marquesas are not surrounded by protective fringing reefs.
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| 23. | In 1992 the fringing reef west of Chumbe Island was officially closed to fishing, boating, and diving.
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| 24. | A fringing reef extends off the shoreline.
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| 25. | Fringing reefs border much of this coast.
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| 26. | A fringing reef extends from the island.
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| 27. | There is a fringing reef which extends about 135 m in the vicinity of the landing place.
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| 28. | Another major difference is that barrier reefs tend to be much farther away from shore than fringing reefs.
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| 29. | The shoreline is mostly rocky with fringing reefs and no continental shelf, dropping rapidly into the ocean depths.
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| 30. | Beach Dinner They sailed that same evening to Basterra Reef, a low sandbar surrounded by a fringing reef.
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