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Reef

A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition of sand or wave erosion planing down rock outcrops.

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Reef

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples59
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Reef

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related to Sources · 15
Reef → Accessed, Biogeography, Conservation, Coral Reefs, Department, February, General Information, Marinebio Conservation Society, New Zealand, November, Ocean Ecology Lab, Reefs, Science, Shears, South Island West Coast
related to External links · 12
Reef → Architecture, Data Explorer, Development, Distribution, February, LibraryReef Environmental Education FoundationNOS, NOAA National Ocean Service, Reef Rescue, Smithsonian Ocean PortalCoral Reefs, The Nature ConservancyNOAA Photo, Tropics Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Artificial · 7
Reef → An, Electrified Reefs, Many, Other, Regardless, Rigs-to-Reefs, Shipwrecks
see also · 6
Reef → Coral, Hobbyist Magazine, Island, Outcrop, Submerged, US
related to Etymology · 4
Reef → Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Rif, The
is a · 3
Reef → human-created underwater structure, reef that is attached to a landmass, ridge or shoal of rock
related to Biotic · 3
Reef → Although, Oyster, These
related to Classification · 2
Reef → For, Reefs
related to Geologic · 2
Reef → Rocky, They

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reefs coral corals organisms built artificial algae provide biotic structures framework however may rock mounds structure skeletons surface processes types

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Reefis aridge or shoal of rock0.90text
Reefis areef that is attached to a landmass0.90text
Reefis ahuman-created underwater structure0.90text
deposition of sand or wave erosion planing down rock outcropsinstance ofprocesses0.80text
the coral reefs of tropical waters are formed by bioticinstance ofreefs0.80text
barnaclesinstance ofartificial reefs generally provide stable hard surfaces where algae and invertebrates0.80text
coralsinstance ofartificial reefs generally provide stable hard surfaces where algae and invertebrates0.80text
and oysters attachinstance ofartificial reefs generally provide stable hard surfaces where algae and invertebrates0.80text
Reefrelated to ArtificialAn0.60section
Reefrelated to ArtificialMany0.60section
Reefrelated to ArtificialRigs-to-Reefs0.60section
Reefrelated to ArtificialOther0.60section

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