The geographical location and characteristics of the Coral Sea,

Coral Sea is named after a large number of coral reefs, and the Great Barrier Reef is the most famous. The world-famous Great Barrier Reef is located in this sea area. Like a barrier, it is not far from the Torres Strait south of the Tropic of Capricorn. It stretches 2,400 kilometers from north to south, 2- 1.50 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 80,000 square kilometers. It is the largest coral body in the world, most of which are submerged in water and become reefs, and only a few tips are exposed from the water to form coral islands, which is an obstacle to traffic.

location

The Coral Sea is located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and New Guinea, west of New Caledonia and New hebrides, and south of Solomon Islands. It is about 2250 kilometers (1400 miles) long from north to south and about 24 14 kilometers (1500 miles) wide from east to west. (1849800 square miles). Tasman sea in the south, Solomon Sea in the north, Pacific Ocean in the east and Arafura Sea in the west.

trait

With a total area of 479 1000 square kilometers, the Coral Sea is the largest sea in the world, equivalent to half of the land area of China.

The seabed topography of Coral Sea inclines from west to east, with an average water depth of 2,394 meters, and the water depth in most places is 3,000-4,000 meters, and the water depth is 9 1.74 meters. Therefore, it is also the deepest sea in the world. The seabed north of 20 south latitude is mainly coral sea submarine plateau, and the coral sea basin is north of the plateau. The South Solomon Trench is 73 16 m (24,002 ft) deep and the New Hebrides Trench is 7540 m (25 134 ft) deep. In addition, there is Tagula Reef in the north, and New Caledonia Reef in the southeast is the only way for the eastern port of Australia to reach East Asia. Subtropical gas

There are typhoons, especially from June to April. The economic resources of Papua Bay are fishery and oil.

The seawater is quite clean. The salinity and transparency of the seawater in Coral Sea are very high, and the water is dark blue. There are almost no rivers around the Coral Sea, which is one of the reasons for the small water pollution in the Coral Sea. Also, affected by the warm current, the continental shelf water temperature rises, and the Coral Sea is located near the equator. Therefore, its water temperature is also very high. The water temperature is above 20℃ all year round, and even exceeds 28℃ in the hottest month. These are all conducive to the growth of corals. The coral reef is the largest, with a length of 20 12km, located at the northeast coast of Australia 16 ~ 24 1km. Coral reefs provide superior living and habitat conditions for marine animals and plants. The Coral Sea is rich in sharks, as well as herring, turtle, sea cucumber and pearl oyster.