Huge biosystem, visible from space

Great Barrier Reef largest and most beautiful ridge of reefs in the world located in the Coral Sea in the north-east coast of Australia and is called the Great Barrier Reef. His second name - "coral paradise of Australia." This fabulous natural monument is the largest planet biosystem, it is among the few objects on the Earth, which can be seen from outer space. These corals can be seen from outer space over eighteen million years of the Great Barrier Reef it was formed about 3000 coral reefs, 350 different species of coral and 900 islands. In these places you can find both bubbling and active marine life and coral formations, formed from the already dead organisms. Great Barrier Reef stretches along the east coast of Australia at 2300 km, from Lady Elliot Island in the south to Cape York in the north. Its width varies from 2 to 150 kilometers. Great Barrier Reef inhabited by a variety of inhabitants of the underwater world in this coral flats, part of which is covered with exotic underwater plants, there are more than one thousand five hundred different species of fish. Among them - rare whales, killer whales, giant green turtles, sea cows and other species threatened with extinction. In the city of Bundaberg is possible to observe an amazing sight - a giant sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand. In the waters of the Great Barrier Reef has been found and the smallest vertebrate inhabitants of the ocean. This tiny fish that lives in the lagoon among coral, known to scientists since 1979, but its origin and species were discovered only recently. Great Barrier Reef - without a doubt, a unique part of our planet, making it a member of the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Here are found and such rare species as the giant sea turtle These places are extremely popular among tourists every year who come here to admire the magnificent marine animals, scuba diving, and simply enjoy the local beauty, which can not be found anywhere else in the world. The huge influx of tourists worried environmentalists and advocates for the preservation of the environment that require a limitation on the number of guests. There is also prohibited to fish. See also: The largest building, which was built on the planet beings