SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Satellite photograph of the Great Barrier Reef situated off the northeastern coast of Australia. Stretching for 1, 429 miles over an area of approximately 133, 000 square miles, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extending nearly 1, 000 km (620 miles) from the northern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula toward the Bay Islands in northern Honduras, the Mesoamerican Reef is second in size only to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Florida Keys Reef Tract is the third largest living coral barrier reef system in the world behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System off the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.