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Definition of Great barrier reef
1. Noun. The largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia.
Definition of Great barrier reef
1. Proper noun. A massive system of coral reefs, found in the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Barrier Reef
Literary usage of Great barrier reef
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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, ..."
2. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"Part of the great barrier reef of Australia (as seen at low tide, looking toward
the mainland) 188. Barrier Reefs. — A fringing reef broadens by the outward ..."
3. Outlines of Physical Geography by George William Fitch (1856)
"On the northeast coast of Australia is a reef of coral called the Great Barrier
Reef, having a length of nearly 1000 miles, and being in one part unbroken ..."
4. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P by Joseph Beete Jukes (1847)
"Diagram to represent an imaginary section of the Great Barrier reef. The proportions
are enormously distorted, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"The great barrier reef is in many places double, seeming to consist of two ...
The broad lagoon within the great barrier reef has an almost uniform depth of ..."
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