2. The Rock Islands(PALAU)
TheBelize Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galápagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea
3. PALAU Reefs
Over two million years ago
343 Islands
The islands are famous for their beaches, blue lagoons
and the peculiar umbrella-like shapes of many of the
islands themselves.
4. 300 species of sponges
1500 species of fish
550 species of hard and soft corals
WHY
Endangered Species(both animals and plants)
Coral bleaching
5. The Belize Barrier Reef
series of coral reefs
300-kilometer long section of the 900-kilometer
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
One of the largest coral reef systems in the world after
the Great Barrier Reef
6. Home to a large diversity of plants.
70 hard coral species
36 soft coral species
500 species of fish
Brain Coral in the Great Blue Hole
7. The most magnificent feature The Great Blue Hole
formed throughout the last 150,000 years
Approximately 1000 feet across and 400 feet deep
8. The Great Barrier Reef
The world's largest coral reef system composed of over
2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands
Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Can be seen from outer space and the world's biggest
single structure made by living organisms
9. More than 1,500 fish species
30Whales,Dolphins
9 Seahorses,15 Seagrass,6 Sea Turtles
It also include many vulnerable or endangered species
Protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Limit the impact of humen use,such as fishing and
tourism.
10. Hydrothermal Vent
A fissure(crack) in a planet's surface
Like underwater volcanoes
Commonly found near volcanically active places
White smokers emitting liquid carbon dioxide
11. Mussels,crabs,tube worms.
Tube worms have no eyes,stomach and no mouth
Down about 7000 to 10000 meter underwater
Can withstand a lot of heat and pressure.
Vent crabs can withstand 250 times more pressure
than humans do.
12. Galápagos Islands
An archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on
either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean
