Das Great Barrier Reef ist der längste und größte Riffkomplex der Welt, gelegen ...
Verdict: MISLEADING
Verdict details
Confidence: 52%
Evidence quality: MEDIE
**What was analyzed:** An educational overview describing the geography, geological formation, biodiversity, tourist relevance, and conservation threats of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. **Limitations:** Highly specific sub-counts (such as the exact breakdown of 2,100 individual reefs vs. 800 fringing reefs, or precise counts of hard coral species and bird species) were not completely matched by dedicated external citations in the provided snippets. **Conclusion:** The core scientific and geographical thesis as well as key ecological facts are accurate and well-supported, while a few granular taxonomic figures remain unverified by the retrieved evidence. (Source Quality: MEDIUM)
Sources consulted
| Source | Domain | Date | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barrier Reef | aquainfo.nl | 2017-06-01 | Der geschützte Great Barrier Reef Marine Park umfasst etwa 344.400 Quadratkilometer. Der Abstand von der australischen Küste zu den Außenriffen beträgt an ... |
| Thesis Title: Subtitle - UQ eSpace - The University of Queensland | espace.library.uq.edu.au | 2016-01-01 | The world's largest and most iconic coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is no exception. The. GBR has suffered four mass bleaching events since 2016 and .. |
| Great Barrier Reef | hc.unesco.org | — | The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, an independent Australian Government agency, is responsible for protection and management of the GBR Marine Park. |
| Verheerender Zustand: Forscher fordern Schutz für ... | derstandard.de | 2021-07-19 | Als dringlich und problematisch wird auch der Zustand des Great Barrier Reefs angesehen. Laut Unesco sollen sich die langfristigen Aussichten ... |
| Nova Guinea, résultats de l'expédition scientifique neerlandaise ... | upload.wikimedia.org | — | ... Great Barrier Reef including Torres Strait &c. (J. Beete. JuKES. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H. M. S. Fly. I. 1847). 60. Fig. 10. Ausschnitt aus .. |
| Wie das Great Barrier Reef noch gerettet werden soll | ga.de | 2025-08-03 | Hunderte Arten von Korallen bilden dieses Bauwerk der Superlative aus 2900 Einzelriffen, die sich über 350.000 Quadratkilometer verteilen – eine ... |
| Tiere des Great Barrier Reefs: Jetzt buchen & Entdecken ... | cairnstickets.com | 2026-09-30 | Wie viele Meeresarten leben im Great Barrier Reef? Mehr als 9.000, darunter mehr als 1.500 Fischarten, mehr als 600 Korallenarten, 30 Wal-/Delfinarten, 6 ... |
| Die acht grossen tierarten des great barrier reefs - Orca | orca.com | 2021-11-02 | ... sechs der sieben Meeresschildkrötenarten und eine der weltweit größten Populationen von Seekühen. Die Gesunderhaltung des Great Barrier ... |
Recommended next steps
- Cross-check Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) official spatial data for exact reef count classifications.
- Consult the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) coral taxonomy database for updated scleractinian coral species numbers.
Analysis limitations
- Verdict updated after the claim investigation: Almost true → Misleading. The originally delivered verdict is kept as version 1.
- Specific sub-metrics such as exactly 2,100 individual reefs vs. 800 fringing reefs and the exact tally of at least 450 hard coral species were not found verbatim in the search results snippets.
- The analysis evaluated an educational encyclopedia excerpt compiled by an AI query against external ecological and geographical records.
- The claim "Das Great Barrier Reef erstreckt sich über 1.250 Meilen (2.000 km) und besteht aus etwa 2.100 einzelnen Riffen und 800 R" could not be confirmed from the sources found and remains UNVERIFIED.
- Direct verification of the Australian Marine Park database records detailing the exact 2,100 individual and 800 fringing reefs would move the verdict to fully ADEVĂRAT.
- A peer-reviewed taxonomical inventory confirming the 450 hard coral species count.
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