| 41. | A fringing reef can take ten thousand years to form, and an atoll can take up to 30 million years.
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| 42. | The island offers divers shallow fringing reef and coral gardens with large schools of snappers, fusiliers and the occasional large ray.
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| 43. | Near Msambweni, Kenya the reef, which stretches from Msambweni to Malindi in the north, is the world's largest continuous fringing reef.
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| 44. | It is surrounded by a fringing reef, and is considered to be one of the best snorkeling spots on the island.
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| 45. | Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between fringing reefs and another type of reef called a "'barrier reef " '.
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| 46. | Where the bottom is rising, fringing reefs can grow around the coast, but coral raised above sea level dies and becomes white limestone.
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| 47. | Where the land is rising, fringing reefs can grow around the coast, but coral raised above sea level dies and becomes white limestone.
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| 48. | The harbour ( merely an opening in the fringing reef, only passable by small boats ) is at the northwest of the island.
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| 49. | Being a true atoll structure, it is believed that the atolls of Tubbataha were formed thousands of years ago as fringing reefs and volcanic islands.
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| 50. | It is located on an artificial island within the fringing reef about 150 meters from the coast and is connected to the main island by a causeway.
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