The 3 regions of The Great Barrier Reef

The Northern Region

The Northern section of The Great Barrier Reef is around 115,000 square miles of coral filled seas, which contains some completely remote islands, and some islands with airports and resorts. This area is also the area, with the most coral bleaching of any of the regions. This area has approximately 81% of the coral severely bleached.

The Central Region

The central region of the Great Barrier Reef contains the largest tropical city in Australia, Townsville. The central region also contains the only living coral reef in captivity, which is actually located in Townsville. An Island called "Magnetic Island" is also in this region. This island has over 2,000 permanent inhabitants, and it contains forts from World War 2.

The Southern Region

The southern region contains the most successful port in Australia, Gladstone, which can attribute its success to the exports of coal and aluminum. The southern region also contains a large sugarcane exporter, which supplies 20% of the total sugar to Australia.