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Fringing Coral Reef

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011728

Fringing coral reefs are generally linear and generally aligned with the nearby coast. They have the same general morphology as the larger barrier reefs but occur at smaller scales.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011728
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011728",
  "term": "Fringing Coral Reef",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Fringing coral reefs are generally linear and generally aligned with the nearby coast. They have the same general morphology as the larger barrier reefs but occur at smaller scales.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fringing-coral-reef/"
}

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