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fringing reef

fringing reef

A coral reef growing directly along a shoreline or separated from it by only a narrow shallow channel.

All languages

English
fringing reef
Norwegian
randrev
Japanese
裾礁 — きょしょう — kyoshou
Korean
거초 — geocho
Spanish
arrecife costero
French
récif frangeant
German
Saumriff

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