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Venice Lagoon

The Venetian Lagoon is a Mediterranean coastal lagoon located in northeastern Italy. It’s distinguished by its unique ec...

Italy Historic Coastal Mediterranean

9.7 Brilliant

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Étang de Thau

Étang de Thau is a large coastal lagoon in the Hérault department of southern France, situated along the Mediterranean c...

France Coastal Mediterranean Languedoc

8.1 Great

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Albufera de Valencia

The Albufera de Valencia is a prominent freshwater lagoon situated on the Mediterranean coast of the Valencian Community...

Spain Coastal Mediterranean Nature Park

8.0 Great

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Lake Ichkeul

Lake Ichkeul is a freshwater lake and surrounding wetland area located in northwestern Tunisia near the Mediterranean co...

Coastal Mediterranean Tunisia Migratory Birds

7.9 Good

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Étang de Salses-Leucate

The Étang de Salses-Leucate is a coastal lagoon situated in the Occitanie region of southern France along the Mediterran...

France Coastal Mediterranean Windsurfing

7.8 Good

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Lake Bardawil

Lake Bardawil is a large, shallow, and hypersaline coastal lagoon located on the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula i...

Coastal Fishing Mediterranean Egypt

7.8 Good

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Albufera de Mallorca

S'Albufera de Mallorca is an extensive wetland on the northeastern coast of Mallorca in Spain's Balearic Islands. Protec...

Spain Coastal Birdwatching Nature Park

7.6 Good

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Ghar El Melh Lagoon

Ghar El Melh Lagoon is a coastal lagoon and wetland beside the town of Ghar El Melh in northern Tunisia, near the Gulf o...

Historic Coastal Fishing Mediterranean

7.6 Good

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Göksu Delta Lagoons

The Göksu Delta lagoons form part of a broad Mediterranean wetland at the mouth of the Göksu River in Mersin Province, s...

Turkey Coastal Mediterranean Birdwatching

7.4 Good

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Sabkhat al-Jabbul

Sabkhat al-Jabbul is a large, shallow hypersaline lake and salt flat situated approximately 40 kilometers southeast of A...

Coastal Mediterranean Salt Flat Syria

7.3 Good

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Étang de Mauguio

Étang de Mauguio, also called Étang de l'Or, is a large brackish coastal lagoon in southern France near Montpellier. A n...

France Coastal Mediterranean Birdwatching

7.2 Good

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Étang de Canet

Étang de Canet, also known as Étang de Canet-Saint-Nazaire, is a shallow coastal lagoon in the Pyrénées-Orientales depar...

France Coastal Mediterranean Birdwatching

7.2 Good

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Akyatan Lagoon

Akyatan Lagoon is a coastal wetland on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey in Adana Province. The lagoon, dunes, freshwate...

Turkey Coastal Mediterranean Ramsar

7.1 Good

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Lake Bizerte

Lake Bizerte is a large coastal lagoon in northern Tunisia, situated beside the city and port of Bizerte. A waterway con...

Coastal Mediterranean Port Aquaculture

7.0 Good

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Lake Burullus

Lake Burullus is a coastal lagoon in the northern Nile Delta of Egypt, separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a narrow...

Coastal Mediterranean Egypt Ramsar

6.5 Fair

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Lake Idku

Lake Idku is a shallow coastal lagoon in Egypt’s northwestern Nile Delta, near Alexandria and the town of Edku. It lies...

Coastal Fishing Mediterranean Egypt

6.2 Fair

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Laguna de la Janda

Laguna de La Janda was a large freshwater wetland complex in Cádiz Province, Andalusia, Spain. It was drained during the...

Spain Coastal Cadiz Former Lagoon

6.2 Fair

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Étang de Berre

The Étang de Berre is a large brackish lagoon in Provence, in southern France, separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a...

France Coastal Mediterranean Industrial

6.1 Fair

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Lake Manzala

Lake Manzala is a large brackish coastal lagoon in northeastern Egypt, situated in the Nile Delta near the Mediterranean...

Coastal Fishing Mediterranean Egypt

5.2 Mediocre

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Lake Mariout

Lake Mariout is a shallow brackish lake in northern Egypt, immediately southwest of Alexandria and separated from the Me...

Historic Coastal Mediterranean Egypt

4.5 Poor