Araruama Lagoon
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Araruama Lagoon | |
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Location | Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil |
Coordinates | 22°53′S 42°13′W / 22.88°S 42.22°WCoordinates: 22°53′S 42°13′W / 22.88°S 42.22°W |
Type | hypersaline lake |
Max. length | 40 kilometres (25 mi) |
Max. width | 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) |
Surface area | 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi) |
Average depth | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
Max. depth | 17 metres (56 ft) |
Water volume | 0.62 cubic kilometres (0.15 cu mi) |
Araruama Lagoon is a lagoon located in the Região dos Lagos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. It is one of the largest permanent hypersaline lagoons in the world, being 220 km2 in area, 40 km long and 13 km wide.[1]
References
- ^ Cotovicz, Luiz C.; Knoppers, Bastiaan A.; Régis, Carolina R.; Tremmel, Daniel; Costa-Santos, Suzan; Abril, Gwenaël (2021-11-01). "Eutrophication overcoming carbonate precipitation in a tropical hypersaline coastal lagoon acting as a CO2 sink (Araruama Lagoon, SE Brazil)". Biogeochemistry. 156 (2): 231–254. doi:10.1007/s10533-021-00842-3. ISSN 1573-515X.
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