Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Shark Bay, Western Australia' has mentioned 'Bay' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Commercial whaling was conducted in the bay in the first half of the 20th century by Norwegian owned factory ships and their catcher vessels. | WIKI |
| It includes many protected areas and conservation reserves, including Shark Bay Marine Park, Francois Peron National Park, Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve, Zuytdorp Nature Reserve and numerous protected islands. | WIKI |
| The bay itself covers an area of 1,300,000 hectares (3,200,000 acres), with an average depth of 9 metres (30xc2xa0ft). | WIKI |
| There are about 300 kilometres (190xc2xa0mi) of limestone cliffs overlooking the bay. | WIKI |
| The bay is located in the transition zone between three major climatic regions and between two major botanical provinces. | WIKI |
| Peron Peninsula divides the bay and is the home of its largest settlements as well as a National Park at the northern end. | WIKI |
| Humpback and southern right whales use the waters of the bay as migratory staging post[8] while other species such as Bryde's whale come into the bay less frequently but to feed or rest. | WIKI |
| The threatened green and loggerhead sea turtles nest on the bay's sandy beaches. | WIKI |
| The largest fish in the world, the whale shark, gathers in the bay during the April and May full moons. | WIKI |
| Shark Bay has the largest known area of seagrass, with seagrass meadows covering over 4,000xc2xa0km2 (1,500xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) of the bay. | WIKI |
| The seagrasses are a vital part of the complex environment of the bay. | WIKI |
| This has raised the sea floor, making the bay shallower. | WIKI |
| Seagrasses also restrict the tidal flow of waters through the bay area, preventing the ocean tides from diluting the sea water. | WIKI |
| The water of the bay is 1.5 to 2 times more salty than the surrounding ocean waters. | WIKI |
| Based on growth rate it is believed that about 1,000 years ago cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) began building up stromatolites in Hamelin Pool at the Hamelin Station Reserve in the southern part of the bay. | WIKI |
| Bernier Island Dorre Island Charlie Island Francois Peron National Park Friday Island Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve Hamelin Pool/East Faure Island High-Low Water Mark Koks Island Monkey Mia Shark Bay Marine Park | WIKI |
| These include the evolution of the Bayxe2x80x99s hydrological system, the hypersaline environment of Hamelin Pool and the biological processes of ongoing speciation, succession and the creation of refugia. | UNESCO |
| Australia has one of the highest diversity of seagrasses globally, with 12 species occurring in the Bay. | UNESCO |
| Increasing numbers of Humpback Whales and Southern Right Whales use Shark Bay as a migratory staging post, and a famous population of Bottlenose Dolphin lives in the Bay. | UNESCO |
| With the designation of the Shark Bay Marine Park (748,725xc2xa0hectares) in 1990, incorporating the Hamelin Pool Marine Nature Reserve, the total formal conservation area of the World Heritage property is approximately 1.24xc2xa0million hectares. | UNESCO |