Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

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coral reef system marine ecoregion

The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is the second-largest coral reef system in the world, stretching along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and supporting exceptionally rich marine biodiversity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System canonical 14
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System region 2
Mesoamerican Reef 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coral reef system ⓘ
marine ecoregion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican Reef

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
surface form: Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano
biodiversity high marine species richness ⓘ
containsSite Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve

Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System ⓘ
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park ⓘ
surface form: Cozumel Reefs National Park

Hol Chan Marine Reserve ⓘ
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
country Belize ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
economicImportance fisheries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ecosystemType coral reef ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
extendsFrom Isla Contoy, Mexico ⓘ
extendsTo Bay Islands ⓘ
surface form: Bay Islands, Honduras
governedBy regional cooperation among Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras ⓘ
hasConservationProgram Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) Initiative ⓘ
Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) Initiative ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund)
length approximately 1000 km ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Tropical Northwestern Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: Western Atlantic coral reef belt
providesService carbon sequestration ⓘ
coastal protection ⓘ
habitat for marine species ⓘ
rank second-largest barrier reef system in the world ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
supportsSpecies corals ⓘ
manatees ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
reef fish ⓘ
sea turtles ⓘ
sharks ⓘ
sponges ⓘ
whale sharks ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
coastal development ⓘ
coral bleaching ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Celestún Biosphere Reserve → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System region
Gulf of Honduras → adjacentTo → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Gulf of Honduras → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Reef region
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Riviera Maya region → hasNaturalFeature → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
subject surface form: Riviera Maya
Bay Islands → locatedOnReefSystem → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Cozumel → hasReefSystem → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Belize cayes → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System → alsoKnownAs → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Reef
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System → alsoKnownAs → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano
"Origin of the Sky" in Maya → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
subject surface form: Sian Ka'an
Solidaridad Municipality → hasMarineEnvironment → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Bay of Chetumal → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System region
Cancún–Tulum corridor → near → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
San Andrés and Providencia Department → marineEcosystem → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef system (broad region)
Roatán → locatedOn → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Belize margin → associatedWith → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
Benito Juárez → locatedIn → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
subject surface form: Benito Juárez (Quintana Roo municipality)
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Barrier Reef region
Guanaja → partOf → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
South Water Caye Marine Reserve → region → Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mesoamerican Reef