swap_horiz Muni 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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Vembanad Lake

Vembanad Lake is a significant lagoon located in Kerala, India. It’s notable as the longest lake within the country and...

India Coastal Kerala Ramsar

8.8 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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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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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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Sivash

Vast shallow hypersaline lagoon system along the northern Crimean coast covering over 2,500 km², colloquially called the...

Coastal Ukraine Black Sea Ramsar

8.0 Great

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Lake Nokoué

Lake Nokoué is a shallow coastal lagoon in southern Benin, famous for the stilt village of Ganvié and its status as a UN...

Coastal Atlantic West Africa Benin

8.0 Great

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Laguna de Nichupté

Laguna de Nichupté is a mangrove-fringed lagoon in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico, enclosed by the Hotel Zone barrier stri...

Coastal Cancun Mexico Tourism

8.0 Great

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Laguna de la Restinga

Laguna de la Restinga is a lagoon on Margarita Island, Venezuela, within La Restinga National Park (est. 1974), known fo...

Coastal National Park Venezuela Mangroves

8.0 Great

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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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Razelm Lake

Romania's largest lake at roughly 415 km², part of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and historically connected to the...

Romania Coastal Fishing Ramsar

7.6 Good

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Ô Loan Lagoon

Ô Loan Lagoon is a scenic brackish coastal lagoon in Phu Yen province, Vietnam, famous for its oyster farming and its br...

Coastal Fishing Vietnam Phu Yen

7.6 Good

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Laguna Merín

Laguna Merín is a large freshwater lagoon on the Brazil–Uruguay border, draining westward into the Lagoa dos Patos syste...

Coastal Brazil Uruguay Ramsar

7.6 Good

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Atanasovsko Lake

Shallow saltwater lagoon near Burgas on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, designated a Ramsar wetland site and notable for fla...

Coastal Bulgaria Black Sea Ramsar

7.4 Good

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Keta Lagoon

Keta Lagoon is the largest lagoon in Ghana, designated as a Ramsar site in 1992 to protect its extensive mangrove ecosys...

Coastal Fishing Atlantic West Africa

7.4 Good

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Ébrié Lagoon

Ébrié Lagoon is a major coastal lagoon in Ivory Coast, home to the bustling economic capital Abidjan, which was built al...

Coastal Urban West Africa Ivory Coast

7.4 Good

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Songor Lagoon

Songor Lagoon is a brackish coastal lagoon in Ghana, recognized as a Ramsar wetland of international importance in 1992...

Coastal West Africa Ghana Ramsar

7.1 Good