outer reef

collocation in English

meaningsofouterandreef

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outer
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊ.tər/us
/ˈaʊ.t̬ɚ/
at a greater distance from ...
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reef
noun[C]
uk
/riːf/us
/riːf/
a line of rocks or sand just above or just below the surface of the sea, often dangerous ...
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(Definition ofouterandreeffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A stage was erected on theouterreefusing trestles of hardwood, with a moving platform.
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Evidence of green sea turtle nesting has been found on the three largest islets, and hawksbill sea turtles have been seen along theouterreef.
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Barracuda patrol theouterreefin large schools, and are extremely fast swimmers with streamlined, torpedo-shaped bodies.
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The water is almost always calm because the beach is protected by anouterreef.
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The swells mainly break left, but theouterreefalso creates right breaks that surfers must be cautious of when paddling out.
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It is reportedly the only way within theouterreefby which a vessel can pass to the northward.
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The whitetip reef shark does not frequent very shallow water like the blacktip reef shark, nor theouterreeflike the grey reef shark.
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The barcheek trevally appears to be largely confined to lagoon andouterreefenvironments, often found in the shallow water adjacent to deep drop-offs in these settings.
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It usually hides under boulders and is found onouterreefflats and patch reefs in lagoons, among broken coral rubble and among the dead bases of tangled coral thickets.
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Long-term studies show juveniles can move up to 70 km away from their protected habitats to outer reefs and atolls.
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It occurs on outer reefs in deeper waters at depths from 50to100m ft.
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The outer reefs have an abundance of sea life and are popular among spear-fisherman when the white seabass are running.
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The atoll's outer reefs are continuous except for a small passage on the western side of the atoll.
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They occur in single or multiple rows, trending the same direction as the bank reefs on the outer reefs.
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These young fish eventually move to inshore reefs as they mature, before again moving to deeper outer reefs.
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