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LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 73 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KRO-LAP
LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool) , a
term
  applied to (I) a
sheet
  of
salt
  or brackish water near the sea, (2) a
sheet
  of fresh water of no
great
 
depth
  or extent, (3) the expanse of smooth water enclosed by an
atoll
 . Sea lagoons are formed only where the shores are low and protected from wave action. Under these conditions a bar may be raised above sea-level or a spit may grow until its end touches the
land
 . The enclosed shallow water is then isolated in a wide stretch, the seaward banks broaden, and the
lagoon
  becomes a permanent area of still shallow water with
peculiar
  faunal features. In the old lake plains of Australia there are occasional wide and shallow depressions where water collects permanently. Large numbers of aquatic birds, black swans, wild duck, teal, migrant spoon-bills or pelicans, resort to these fresh-water lagoons.


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