The phrase "adjacent to the barrier" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is located next to or very close to a barrier, such as a fence, wall, or other dividing structure.
Example: "The park is located adjacent to the barrier that separates the residential area from the highway."
Alternatives: "next to the barrier" or "beside the barrier".
The federal member for Dawson, an electorate which lies adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, said he "didn't foresee the angst the dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef marine park would cause tourism operators and the residents of the Whitsundays".
GVK Hancock was given approval in October 2012 for the coal terminal at Abbot Point, which sits adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef near the Queensland town of Bowen.
The operation will transfer mined coal via a new rail line to an enlarged Abbot Point port, adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, where it will be shipped overseas.
As a marine park authority water quality report says: "Beef cattle grazing on the large, dry catchments adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (in particular the Burdekin and Fitzroy) have involved extensive land clearing and over-grazing during drought conditions.
These differences can be attributed to the resistances to mass transfer located in flow channels adjacent to the porous barrier.
Recently, the government, headed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, triggered a public debate over plans to construct potentially the world's largest coal port adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Area, and to excise 74,000 hectares of forest from Tasmania's World Heritage listed site.
The research uses household survey data collected from 656 people in Townsville (adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia) within a hurdle model to investigate key factors influencing both the probability of participating and the frequency of (a) boating trips which involve fishing; (b) boating trips which do not involve fishing; and (c) land-based fishing trips.
80% of the land adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef is used for farming including intensive cropping of sugar cane, and major beef cattle grazing.
Due to the range of human uses made of the water catchment area adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, some 700 of the 3000 reefs are within a risk zone where water quality has declined due to the naturally acidic sediment and chemical runoff from farming.
