Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ningaloo Coast' has mentioned 'Reef' in the following places:
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| The distinctive Ningaloo Reef that fringes the Ningaloo Coast is 260 kilometres (160xc2xa0mi) long and is Australia's largest fringing coral reef and the only large reef positioned very close to a landmass. | WIKI |
| The coast and reef draw their name from the Australian Aboriginal Wajarri language word ningaloo meaning "promontory", "deepwater", or "high land jutting into the sea". | WIKI |
| Whale shark at the reef located off the Ningaloo Coast | WIKI |
| Stegostoma fasciatum (zebra shark) pictured on the reef in 2007. | WIKI |
| In 1987, the reef and surrounding waters were designated as the Ningaloo Marine Park. | WIKI |
| Although most famed for its whale sharks which feed there during March to June, the reef is also rich in coral and other marine life. | WIKI |
| During the winter months, the reef is part of the migratory routes for dolphins, dugongs, manta rays and humpback whales. | WIKI |
| [8] The beaches of the reef are an important breeding ground of the loggerhead, green and hawksbill turtles. | WIKI |
| They also depend on the reef for nesting and food. | WIKI |
| The reef is less than 0.5 kilometres (0.31xc2xa0mi) offshore in some areas, such as Coral Bay. | WIKI |
| [11] In 2002, when he won the WA Premier's Book Award, he donated the A$25,000 prize money to the community campaign to save the reef. | WIKI |
| The coastal waters host a major near shore reef system and a directly adjacent limestone karst system and associated habitats and species along an arid coastline. | UNESCO |
| The marine portion of the nomination contains a high diversity of habitats that includes lagoon, reef, open ocean, the continental slope and the continental shelf. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (x): In addition to the remarkable aggregations of whale sharks the Ningaloo Reef harbours a high marine diversity of more than 300 documented coral species, over 700 reef fish species, roughly 650 mollusc species, as well as around 600 crustacean species and more than 1,000 species of marine algae. | UNESCO |