Question

This coral reef is growing just along the coastline-there is no lagoon separating the reef from the island. What type of reef is this?
1)barrier reef
2)cold water reef
3)fringing reef
4)atoll reef
GPT-4o mini
The type of reef you are describing is a **fringing reef**. Fringing reefs grow directly close to the shoreline without a lagoon separating them from the land.

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