lagoon basin
C44560
concept
A lagoon basin is a shallow, often enclosed or semi-enclosed coastal depression that collects and holds water, typically separated from the open sea by barriers such as sandbars, reefs, or barrier islands.
Observed surface forms (7)
- backwater lagoon ×1
- coastal lagoon region ×1
- fjord-lagoon ×1
- natural lagoon ×1
- saline lagoon ×1
- shallow lagoon ×1
- tropical lagoon ×1
Instances (8)
- lagoon of Maloelap Atoll via concept surface "tropical lagoon"
- Sivash via concept surface "shallow lagoon"
- St Mark's Basin
- Puʻuloa (Pearl Harbor) via concept surface "natural lagoon"
- Lake Borgne area via concept surface "coastal lagoon region"
- Ringkøbing Fjord via concept surface "fjord-lagoon"
- Ashtamudi Lake via concept surface "backwater lagoon"
- Laguna de La Mata via concept surface "saline lagoon"