Araruama Lagoon

Araruama Lagoon
Araruama Lagoon
Araruama Lagoon
Location	Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Coordinates	22.88°S 42.22°W / -22.88; -42.22
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]

See also

• Iriry Lagoon

References

1. 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. S2CID 237156891.