| 31. | The reef, which stretches from Msambweni to Malindi in the north, is the world's largest continuous fringing reef.
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| 32. | It is surrounded by Macarite, Cagnipa, Talisay, Magesang and other smaller unnamed islands and is protected by fringing reefs.
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| 33. | A "'fringing reef "'is one of the three main types of coral reefs recognized by most coral reef scientists.
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| 34. | Orpheus, though a continental island, has a fringing reef that features 340 of the 350 known species of coral.
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| 35. | Bleaching in 1998 reduced average hard coral cover on Frankland Is . fringing reefs from 67 % to 37 %.
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| 36. | A fringing reef surrounds the whole island, which makes local fishing and transport into and out of the island difficult.
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| 37. | This also resulted in the natural fringing reef system seen today, in which the coral formations start at the shoreline.
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| 38. | The fringing reef of the atoll is pear-shaped in an east-west direction with its greatest width at the eastern end.
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| 39. | Together these islands form the Lizard Island Group and their well-developed fringing reef encircles the 10 metre deep Blue Lagoon.
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| 40. | The lagoon is too salty to support marine life, but fish are abundant around the fringing reef and offshore waters.
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