Types of A few popular lunch coral springs

The earth is home to a variety of lunch coral springs. Their structure, location, and formation differ. 

They are as follows:

1. Fringing reef (Shore reef):

It is common to find these reefs near the shore, in shallow water, and close to the coast.

Despite their small size, they can extend for kilometers along the shore. The growth of fringe corals begins at the coast and spreads outward to the sea over time.

Until the continental plate ends, these corals grow at a uniform depth. Additionally, coral near the shore erosion forms bowl-like depressions over time, resulting in fringing lagoons. The corals of the Red Sea are famous for their fringing reefs.

2. Barrier reef:

These coral reefs grow near the end of a continental plate, such as the Australian Great Barrier Reef, the Belize Barrier Reef, and the New Caledonian Barrier Reef.

Unlike fringing reefs, they are sparsely populated near the shore but densely populated where the sea bed abruptly drops. For a barrier reef to fully mature, hundreds of meters of lagoons must be formed.

3. Platform reef:

Reefs like these are typically shallow and wider at the top and near the seabed. Consequently, they can be found away from coastlines on the continental shelf.

In many cases, they can reach a few kilometers in width and extend outward from the main polyp. The erosion of the platform reef creates lagoons in the open ocean over time.