NOAA National Ocean Service Education: Global distribution of coral reefs

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The majority of reef building corals are found within tropical and subtropical waters. These typically occur between 30^o north and 30^o south latitudes. The red dots on this map show the location of major stony coral reefs of the world.

Global distribution of coral reefs

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