Meanings of fringing reef in English

Now such a structure as this is what is termed a " fringing reef."

The fringing reef of southern Moloka'i is perceived to be in decline because of land-based pollution.

Slowly Abel withdraws from the water, up on to the fringing reef; Cain climbs up beside him.

No canoes were seen here, and a heavy surf broke on the outer margin of a fringing reef.

The origin and mode of formation of a fringing reef, such as that just described, are plain enough.

Undulating hills of russet grass descend to a dazzling white beach, with a fringing reef visible beneath the limpid water.

We had driven on to a small inner reef-a portion, probably, of what was once the fringing reef of the continent.

Thus a barrier reef may be formed by the seaward growth of a fringing reef upon the talus of its sea face.

The structure of the rocky accumulation in the encircling reefs and in the atolls is essentially the same as in the fringing reef.

Thus the rising sea would eventually convert a large island with a fringing reef into a small island surrounded by an encircling reef.

Gable-roofed bures are shaded by coconut palms a few steps from a crescent-shaped beach that merges into a lagoon protected by fringing reef.

Another is a sort of half-way house, between the atoll and the fringing reef; it is what is called an "encircling reef."

In the first place, you perceive it forms a kind of fringe round the island, and is therefore called a " fringing reef."

Aside from a skinny circle of coastline and fringing reef, Tahiti is made up of enticing basalt peaks and fern-lined valleys streaked with sky-high waterfalls.

Barrier and fringing reefs are commonly interrupted off the mouths of rivers.

Coral reefs may be grouped in three classes,-fringingreefs, barrier reefs, and atolls.