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Mooréa Fringing Reef

Mooréa Fringing Reef
A fringing reef is a type of coral reef that extends outward from the shore of an island or mainland, with no body of water separating land and reef. The fringing reef pictured here surrounds much of the Polynesian island of Mooréa.
Nicholas DeVore III/Bruce Coleman, Inc.
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