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  2. Lagoon - Wikipedia

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    The shallow lagoon is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by narrow shoals connecting to a small, rocky mountain. Garabogazköl lagoon in Turkmenistan Venetian Lagoon. A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

  3. Atoll - Wikipedia

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    The atoll of Tetiʻaroa in French Polynesia. An atoll (/ ˈ æ t. ɒ l,-ɔː l,-oʊ l, ə ˈ t ɒ l,-ˈ t ɔː l,-ˈ t oʊ l /) [1] is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.

  4. Category:Lagoons - Wikipedia

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    A lagoon is a body of shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. Lagoons may be coastal or part of an atoll . Articles about atolls can be found at Category:Atolls .

  5. List of lagoons of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Glenrock Lagoon in New South Wales. This is a list of lagoons of Australia. Coastal lagoons in Australia are most common on the south-east coast, south-west coast, and in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north.

  6. Venetian Lagoon - Wikipedia

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    The Venetian Lagoon (Italian: Laguna di Venezia; Venetian: Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Italian and Venetian languages , Laguna Veneta (cognate of Latin lacus ' lake ' ), has provided the English name for an enclosed, shallow embayment of ...

  7. Lagoons of California - Wikipedia

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    San Elijo Lagoon in San Diego County, California. This is a list of lagoons of California in the United States. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Ecology and Conservation a lagoon is "a body of shallow water with access to a larger body (such as the ocean) that is restricted by a coral reef or sandbar."

  8. List of lagoons of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. List of lagoons of South Africa [ edit ]

  9. Category:Lagoons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Condado Lagoon; G. Great Pond (Saint Croix) I. Isle of Wight Bay; L. Laguna San José (Puerto Rico) M. Laguna Madre (United States)