swap_horiz Kotichi Lagoon Alternatives

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Chilika Lake

Chilika Lake is a large tidal lagoon located on India’s coast in Odisha. It’s notable as Asia’s largest brackish water l...

India Coastal Odisha Ramsar

9.1 Excellent

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Chilika Lake Bird Sanctuary

Chilika Lake is India’s largest brackish lagoon located in Odisha. This Ramsar-designated wetland supports an extraordin...

India Coastal Odisha Ramsar

9.1 Excellent

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Kosi Bay Lagoon

The Kosi Bay Lagoon is a significant Ramsar wetland located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This coastal lagoon offers u...

South Africa Coastal Fishing Ramsar

8.9 Great

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Coorong

The Coorong is a significant Australian lagoon located along South Australia’s coastline. It's a Ramsar wetland of inter...

Australia Coastal Birdwatching South Australia

8.9 Great

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Langebaan Lagoon

Langebaan Lagoon is a saltwater inlet in South Africa's Western Cape, renowned for its unique tidal ecology and protecte...

South Africa Coastal National Park Birdwatching

8.8 Great

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Vembanad Lake

Vembanad Lake is the longest lake in India and the largest in Kerala, famous for hosting the annual Nehru Trophy Boat Ra...

India Coastal Kerala Ramsar

8.8 Great

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Laguna Guerrero Negro

Laguna Guerrero Negro is a coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico, adjacent to one of the world's largest solar s...

Coastal Mexico Birdwatching Baja California Sur

8.5 Great

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Laguna de la Cocha

Colombia's largest natural lake, in Nariño Department near the Ecuadorian border at about 2,800 m elevation, designated...

Coastal Andean Colombia Ramsar

8.5 Great

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Butrint Lagoon

Coastal lagoon in southern Albania adjacent to the UNESCO World Heritage ancient city of Butrint, protected within Butri...

Historic Coastal Ionian World Heritage

8.4 Great

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Ashtamudi Lake

Ashtamudi Lake is a palm-shaped estuarine lagoon in Kerala, India, designated as a Ramsar site in 2002 for its rich biod...

India Coastal Kerala Ramsar

8.4 Great

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Laguna Manialtepec

Laguna Manialtepec is a coastal lagoon in Oaxaca, Mexico, noted for bioluminescent plankton displays at night and extens...

Coastal Mexico Birdwatching Oaxaca

8.4 Great

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Karavasta Lagoon

Albania's largest lagoon on the central Adriatic coast, home to one of Europe's largest breeding colonies of the endange...

Coastal Pelicans Adriatic Ramsar

8.2 Great

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Mesolonghi Lagoon

Large lagoon complex in western Greece near Mesolonghi, designated a national park and historically significant as a sie...

Historic Coastal Nature Reserve Ionian

8.1 Great

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Gialova Lagoon

Shallow coastal lagoon near Pylos in the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece, regarded as one of the southernmost wetlands...

Coastal Nature Reserve Birdwatching Greece

7.8 Good

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Laguna Mar Chiquita

Laguna Mar Chiquita is a coastal lagoon in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, designated a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reser...

Coastal Birdwatching Argentina Ramsar

7.8 Good

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Korission Lagoon

Shallow coastal lagoon on the southwestern shore of Corfu, Greece, protected as a Natura 2000 site and a key stopover ha...

Coastal Nature Reserve Ionian Greece

7.7 Good

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Göksu Delta Lagoons

Coastal lagoons in the Göksu Delta, Mersin Province, Turkey, part of a Ramsar-designated Special Environmental Protectio...

Turkey Coastal Mediterranean Birdwatching

7.4 Good

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Antinioti Lagoon

Small coastal lagoon in northwestern Corfu, Greece, designated a Natura 2000 site and notable as a freshwater wetland ha...

Coastal Ionian Birdwatching Greece

7.0 Good

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Molochny Liman

Shallow estuary of the Molochna River in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, draining into the Sea of Azov and designated a Ra...

Coastal Birdwatching Ukraine Black Sea

7.0 Good

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Swan Bay

Swan Bay is a shallow marine embayment in Victoria, Australia, notable for its extensive seagrass meadows and designatio...

Australia Coastal Birdwatching Victoria

6.8 Fair