The Great Barrier Reef is classed as the single largest living organism in the world, spanning a total distance of over 2600km from the Torres Strait in the North to the Fraser Island area in the South
The Great Barrier Reef is comprised of over 900 individual islands
The widest sections of the Great Barrier Reef reach over 65 kilometres at their largest areas
Over 1500 species of tropical fish, 400 different types of coral, 200 types of birds and 20 types of reptiles are just some of the lifeforms which inhabit the reef
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the few Australian features that can be seen from space
The Great Barrier Reef is a UNESCO World Heritage area and listed as one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World”
The Great Barrier Reef covers an overall area that is larger than the size of Italy
The Great Barrier Reef draws over a million visitors from all over the world each year
In terms of the Australian economy, the Great Barrier Reef alone generates over 6 billion dollars worth of revenue per year
Around 10 percent of the world’s total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef
The coral of the Great Barrier Reef has gradually been destroyed in recent years by a pest known as the Crown of Thorns Seastar, a marine organism that eats coral polyps
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