Lagoons of California
This is a list of lagoons of California in the United States.According to the Oxford Dictionary of Ecology and Conservation a lagoon is "a body of shallow water with access to a larger body (such as the ocean) that is restricted by a coral reef or sandbar."[1] Lagoons in Southern California tend to be estuarine bodies with depths of 2 m (6.6 ft) or less.[2] After more than a century of severe ecological disruption,[3] many of California's lagoons have been targeted for restoration, including San Elijo,[4] Malibu,[5] Colorado,[6] and several others.
San Elijo LagoonSan Diego County, CaliforniaAbbotts LagoonAgua Hedionda LagoonAquatic Park (Berkeley)Batiquitos LagoonBallona LagoonBelvedere LagoonBig Lagoon (California)Bolinas LagoonBolsa ChicaBuena Vista LagoonColorado LagoonDel Rey LagoonDrakes EsteroElkhorn SloughFreshwater LagoonFamosa Slough State Marine Conservation AreaGoleta SloughHumboldt BayHumboldt Lagoons State ParkLake EarlLake MerrittLos Peñasquitos LagoonMalibu LagoonMission Bay (San Diego)Morro BayMoss LandingMugu LagoonNeary LagoonNewport BayUpper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation AreaOxford BasinMarin CountyRodeo LagoonSan Luis ReySan Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation AreaSan Diego BayStone LagoonStrawberry LagoonTijuana River EstuaryTijuana Slough National Wildlife RefugeYounger Lagoon Reserve