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The lagoon is one of the many water forms that we can find on our planet Earth. The lagoon is a normally closed aquatic space with Water still or stagnant, unlike what happens with other waterways such as the sea or rivers. The lagoons, in addition, are characterized by having fresh water (not salty like the sea or the ocean) which usually comes from either the melting of glacier currents or the accumulation of rain. The lagoons can vary in their size and are similar in this sense to the lakes although in general they can be smaller than them.

There are two elements that are important to training of a lagoon. In the first place, that the land where this watercourse forms has a lower altitude than that of the surroundings, as is the case with a valley between mountains or higher ground. This allows water to accumulate in that space that later cannot be drained or that it is, but in very small quantities. The second important element for the formation of a lagoon is precisely the water that will come from two different sources: the melting of nearby glaciers or the rain. In both cases, the water is fresh unlike sea or ocean water.

The lagoon shares with the rivers and streams the type of water, all these water courses having the type of fresh water that can be used for consumption human and that causes large populations to be located around it or in its vicinity. However, the lagoon differs from rivers or streams in the fact that it is a stagnant water course, that is, it does not have movement permanent. This contributes to resources Aquifers that humans can draw from a lagoon are much more accessible than those that can be drawn from the river. The lagoons have a type of flora Y fauna characteristic that has to do with the type of water, its lack of movement, the depth of the terrain, etc.