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Meanings of encircle reef in английском

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Usage of encircle reef in английском
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Raiatea and Tahaa are unique in that they lie inside the same encircling reef.
The Cruise of the Snark
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In addition to the great barrier, every island has an encircling reef of its own.
Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
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The gaps or openings in the encircling reefs are always found opposite to a river or stream.
The Cruise of the "Dainty"; Or, Rovings in the Pacific
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At length we got clear of the encircling reef, and found ourselves in a broad expanse of perfectly smooth water.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
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At this part of the island the encircling reef was close to the shore, leaving the water within smooth, and extremely shallow.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
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'Just been up the rigging to get a good look at this great encircling reef at Vanikoro.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
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The structure of the rocky accumulation in the encircling reefs and in the atolls is essentially the same as in the fringing reef.
Autobiography and Selected Essays
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Then there are atoll islands; these rise within a large encircling reef, which is seldom perfect, having passages here and there through it.
The Cruise of the "Dainty"; Or, Rovings in the Pacific
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Thus the rising sea would eventually convert a large island with a fringing reef into a small island surrounded by an encircling reef.
Autobiography and Selected Essays
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Another is a sort of half-way house, between the atoll and the fringing reef; it is what is called an " encircling reef."
Lectures and Essays
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"The sea is breaking heavily over the encircling reef," he said; "but there is a smooth lagoon between it and the land.
Twice Lost