Coral reefs live in tropical waters near the equator. They have to live in warm waters because they cannot survive below 18 °C and 26-27 °C is for most coral reefs. Near the equater, the tropical regions are there. Which means that near the equator its warmer than onther places. Therefore, since coral reefs lives in warm places, naturally, they live in the Indo-Pacific region that includes the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Although corals are found in tropical waters, shallow-water reefs are formed only in a zone extending from 30°N to 30°S of the equator. Tropical corals do not grow at depths of over 50 m (165 ft).
-->If it was you, would you live where coral reefs live in, too? If not, where?
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