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How can you describe where the great barrier reef is in detail?

I need to explain where the great barrier reef is in detail to get a high mark, but cannot seem to find anything detailed enough. And no copies from Wikipedia please! And no copies from Wikipedia please!

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1. It is situated off the North East coastline of Australia, vaguely parallel to the Queensland coast from the far northern tip stretching South Easterly for over 1000miles. If you consult and atlas you will clearly see what is going on.
2. he Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system,[1][2] composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (132,974 sq mi).[3][4] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia.
3. Here are some things on the Reef. Hope this helps. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system,composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometers (1,616 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (132,974 sq mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. The Great Barrier Reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. It has been labeled as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Queensland National Trust has named it a state icon of Queensland. A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit the impact of human use, such as overfishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures to the reef and its ecosystem include water quality from runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish.
4. here yopu go http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388/gbreef.html