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Diving around Indonesia
Archipelago’s
Indonesia consists of a 5 thousand kilometer long
archipelago offering some of the most diverse coral
reefs on the planet. There are over 15 thousand
islands with a coastline stretching over 50 thousand
kilometers all lying in tropical waters, a perfect
environment for coral growth. The amount of coral
reef the archipelago contains is far more than
neighbor Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Diving in
Indonesia offers over 3,000 fish species and 450
species of coral, steep walls, deep water trenches,
underwater volcanic mountains, World War II wrecks,
and an endless variety of macro life.

Indonesia sits on the western
edge of the Pacific Rim, a seismically active area
known as the "Ring of Fire." This volcanic
volatility makes Indonesia a hotbed of biodiversity.
Biodiversity is an indicator of environmental
health: The higher the number of species living
together, the healthier the community because it is
better able to withstand and rebound from the forces
of nature such as El Niño, earthquakes, floods, and
artificial interventions. With rich environment of
warm equatorial currents, nutrient-rich upwelling
and a tropical climate it is not surprising that
Indonesia is home to over a quarter of the fish
species found on earth.
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