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Definition of Barrier reef
1. Noun. A long coral reef near and parallel to the shore.
Definition of Barrier reef
1. Noun. (nautical) A name given to reefs separated from the adjacent coast by a channel or lagoon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrier Reef
Literary usage of Barrier reef
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"The Great barrier reef stretches along the northeast coast of Australia for about
1000 miles, FIG. ... Part of a barrier reef the largest reef in the world. ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"THE GREAT barrier reef OF AUSTRALIA. By HENRY O. FORBES. THE great Barrier Eeef
of Australia was, as is well known, discovered on June llth, 1770, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"In this respect the Great barrier reef along the shore of a continent differs
significantly from smaller barrier reefs around oceanic islands, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... or an encircling Barrier-reef—the following are the general phenomena which
may be noticed. The general form of the reef is approximately triangular, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"It has not yet been properly surveyed, but my information leads me to believe,
that there is against it on all sides a much broken barrier reef. ..."
6. A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Let us take our new encircling barrier-reef, of which the section is now ...
Outer edges of the barrier-reef at the level of the sea, with islets on it B'B' ..."
7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"147 has a fringing reef (/), and a barrier reef (6) with an intervening channel.
... At two points through the barrier reef, in Fig. ..."
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