Page values for "Glossary:Reef"
From Indian River Lagoon Project
"definition" values
1 row is stored for this page| Term | reef |
| Definition | A ridge-like or mound-like structure, layered or massive, built by sedentary calcareous organisms, especially corals, and consisting mostly of their remains; it is wave-resistant and stands above the surrounding contemporaneously deposited sediment. Reefs may also include a mass or ridge of rocks, especially coral and sometimes sand, gravel, or shells, rising above the surrounding estuary or sea bottom to or nearly to the surface. * a line of rocks or sand just above or just below the surface of the sea |
| SourceURL | http://nesoil.com/sas/glossary.htm |
| Type | noun |
| Pronunciation | rēf |
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| Synonym | shoal bar sandbar atoll |
| Sentence | [https://www.brevardbarrierislandreef.org/ Brevard's Barrier Island Reef] stretches almost 10 miles from Patrick Space Force Base in the north to Indialantic in the South. |
| RelatedURL | https://www.brevardbarrierislandreef.org/ |
| Poster | Admin |
| Postdate | 20191105112724 |
| TermID | R |
