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Facts about the Great Barrier Reef


 * Fact: The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system
 * Fact: The Great Barrier Reef is composed of over 2,900 individual reef
 * Fact: The Great Barrier Reef has over 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres
 * Fact: The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space
 * Fact: Tourism to the reef generates approximately AU$ 4-5 billion per year
 * Fact: Thirty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises have been recorded in the Great Barrier Reef
 * Fact: Six species of sea turtles come to the reef to breed
 * Fact: 215 species of birds (including 22 species of seabirds and 32 species of shorebirds) visit the reef or nest or roost on the islands
 * Fact: Seventeen species of sea snake live on the Great Barrier Reef
 * Fact: More than 1,500 fish species live on the reef
 * Fact: There are at least 330 species of ascidians on the reef system