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1
Raiatea and Tahaa are unique in that they lie inside the same
encircling
reef
.
2
In addition to the great barrier, every island has an
encircling
reef
of its own.
3
The gaps or openings in the
encircling
reefs
are always found opposite to a river or stream.
4
At length we got clear of the
encircling
reef
,
and found ourselves in a broad expanse of perfectly smooth water.
5
At this part of the island the
encircling
reef
was close to the shore, leaving the water within smooth, and extremely shallow.
6
'Just been up the rigging to get a good look at this great
encircling
reef
at Vanikoro.
7
The structure of the rocky accumulation in the
encircling
reefs
and in the atolls is essentially the same as in the fringing reef.
8
Then there are atoll islands; these rise within a large
encircling
reef
,
which is seldom perfect, having passages here and there through it.
9
Thus the rising sea would eventually convert a large island with a fringing reef into a small island surrounded by an
encircling
reef
.
10
Another is a sort of half-way house, between the atoll and the fringing reef; it is what is called an "
encircling
reef
.
"
11
"The sea is breaking heavily over the
encircling
reef
,
"
he said; "but there is a smooth lagoon between it and the land.