New Caledonian barrier reef

2023-01-01 15:50:41

Located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, New Caledonia Barrier Reef is the world's longest continuous stone reef, the second largest barrier reef after Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The New Caledonia barrier reef is 1,500 km (930 mile) in length, surrounding New Caledonia's largest island, Grande Terre, and Ile des Bains and several small islands. Coral reefs are surrounded by 24,000 square kilometers (9,300 square miles) of lagoons and the average depth is 25 meters (82 feet). The coral reef is 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the coast, but it extends approximately 200 kilometers (120 miles) to the Entrecasteaux coral reef in the northwest. This Northwest extension extends around the Belep Islands and other sand beaches. Some natural passage leads to the sea. The Boulari Passage leads to Noumea's main port marked by the capital of New Caledonia and the Amédée lighthouse.

New Caledonia's coral reef system is considered the second largest coral reef system in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef and is the world's longest continuous barrier reef with a length of 600 kilometers and its lagoon. The lagoon covers an area of 24.000 square kilometers. This ecosystem is concentrated in Fiji with the most diverse coral reef structure in the world. 146 of which is based on a global classification system comparable to or greater than the Great Barrier Reef for coral and fish diversity.

Coral reefs are rich in species diversity and high degree of specificity, there are dugongs that are on danger of dragon, third place population, and important nesting place of sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). There are various types of water in New Caledonia's lagoon, from plankton to large fish, even sharks.

Most coral reefs are generally considered healthy. Several eastern coral reefs were damaged by the extraction of nickel from Grand Terre. Sediments from mining, agriculture and grazing affect the coral reefs near the estuary, mangroves are destroyed and help to preserve sediments. Several coral reefs are buried in a silt of a depth of several meters. [2]

In January 2002, the French government proposed to register coral reefs in New Caledonia as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7th July 2008, UNESCO designated "New Caledonia Lagoon: diversity of coral reef and related ecosystem" as New Caledonian barley beef registered in World Heritage. The lagoon falls into three categories of UNESCO.

There are 13 regional management committees consisting of tour operators, fishermen, politicians, and chiefs of local tribes, and we are monitoring the health of the lagoon with the local community. [Four]

Scuba diving is common and there are several diving spots around lagoons and coral reefs. These include a Proney needle, a shark hole and a cathedral. [Five]

This part of the lagoon close to Dumbéa and Païta in the northwest of Noumea is not a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

An example of the most famous and largest barrier reef is Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Other major examples are Belize Barrier Reef and New Caledonia Barrier Reef. Barrier Reef is also found on the southeastern coast of Providencia, Mayotte, Gambia, Kalimantan, the southeastern region of New Guinea, the coast of the south of the Luanda archipelago. Platform coral reef known as coral reef or coral reef can be formed in the continental shelf and open ocean and in fact is sufficient to promote the growth of schistosomes and coral reefs of animals, You can stand anywhere. Coral plain coral reefs are located in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef and clusters of continental shelf swans and Capricorn are about 100 to 200 km from the coast. Several platform coral reefs in the northern part of Musculin are thousands of kilometers from the mainland.