Editing Lagoon (section)

=== Largest coastal lagoons ===
{{Cleanup list|section|date=October 2023}}
{{redirect-distinguish|List of largest lagoons|List of largest atoll lagoons}}

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! Lagoon!! Area  !!Country
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|[[New Caledonian lagoon]]|| {{Convert|24,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}}||{{country|New Caledonia}}
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|[[Garabogazköl]]|| {{Convert|18,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}}||{{country|Turkmenistan}} 
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|[[Lake Maracaibo]]|| {{convert|13512|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}||{{country|Venezuela}}
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|{{Lang|pt|[[Lagoa dos Patos]]|italic=no}}{{efn|The largest choked coastal lagoon.<ref name=Kjerfve1986/>}} || {{Convert|10,100|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us|sigfig=1}}||{{country|Brazil}}
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|[[Albemarle Sound|Albemarle]]-[[Pamlico Sound|Pamlico]] sound system|| {{Convert|3000|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}}||{{country|United States}}
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|[[Lagos Lagoon]]|| {{convert|6354.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}||{{country|Nigeria}}
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|[[Curonian lagoon]]|| {{Convert|1,619|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}}||{{country|Lithuania}} /{{country|Russia}}
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|[[Mayotte lagoon]]|| ~{{Convert|1,500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us|sigfig=1}}||{{country|France}}
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|[[Rangiroa lagoon]]|| {{Convert|1,446|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us|sigfig=1}}||{{country|French Polynesia}}
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|[[Chilika Lake]]|| {{Convert|1165|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} during monsoon season, {{Convert|906|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} during dry season||{{country|India}}
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|[[Caratasca Lagoon]]|| {{Convert|1110|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} ||{{country|Honduras}}
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|[[Indian River Lagoon]]|| {{Convert|353|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Fast facts about the Indian River Lagoon |url=https://www.sjrwmd.com/waterways/indian-river-lagoon/facts/ |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=St. Johns River Water Management District}}</ref>||{{country|United States}}
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|[[Vistula lagoon]]|| {{Convert|838|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}}||{{country| Russia}} /{{country|Poland}}
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|[[Biscayne Bay]] System<br />—Biscayne Bay (traditional)|| {{Convert|703|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Ned P.|date=Summer 2001|title=Tides of Biscayne Bay, Card Sound, Little Card Sound, Barnes Sound, and Manatee Bay, Florida|journal=Florida Scientist|volume=64|page=224|jstor=24321024}}</ref><br />{{Convert|572|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite report|last=Milano|first=Gary R.|title=Island Restoration and Enhancement in Biscayne Bay, Florida|date=2000|url=https://www.miamidade.gov/environment/library/reports/island-restoration.pdf|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management|section=Introduction}}</ref>
||{{country|United States}} 
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|[[Marovo lagoon]]|| {{Convert|700|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us|sigfig=3}}||{{country|Solomon Islands}}
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|[[Szczecin Lagoon]] || {{convert|689|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}||{{country|Germany}} / {{country|Poland}}
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|[[Venetian Lagoon]]|| {{Convert|550|km2|sqmi|abbr=on|sp=us}}||{{country|Italy}}
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