Palau a small group of islands in warm waters of Pacific Ocean, it haves planet Earth’s one of most richest and biologically diverse coral reefs. The marine biologists had recorded 700 species of corals and 1,500 species of fish.
The coral reefs of Palau grown millions of years back when coral polyps established a colony submerging the volcanic mountains. The tiny polyp’s material cemented them in place. They built side-by-side hard external skeletons around their soft bodies, and when they died the other corals built skeletons on top of them. The geological forces in sea raised the coral topped mountains above the sea while all the exposed corals died in meantime. But time-to-time new colonies built more reefs on the islands undersea slopes.
The coral gardens of Ngemelis Island where divers swim today shows the great artistic work of nature at top of this reef few feet below the surface coral reef looks like wild flowers swaying in the breeze and the soft coral trees and bushes seem to have been painted in extremely attractive shades of green, red, yellow, and orange.
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The Great Barrier Reef is located along the northeastern coast of Australia. It Spans more than 2000 km. The Great Barrier Reef is a home to thousands of species of plants and animals.
The Australian Government has designated this Reef as Marine Park. This Reef runs parallel to the Queensland coast.
The biological diversity of the reef can come in the imagination of very few people.
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