Laguna de Términos

The Laguna de Términos is one of the largest lagoons in Mexico.

It covers an area of ​​approximately 2,500 square kilometers with a maximum length of 75 km from east to west and a maximum width from north to south direction of 35 km. The average depth is 3.5 meters and the maximum depth of 4.7 meters.

The lagoon is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Isla del Carmen and Isla Aguada northeast of it by. Isla del Carmen is a 35 km long and up to 2.5 km wide island on which the city of Ciudad del Carmen, and over the bridges Puente Zacatal in the west to the mainland and Puente de la Unidad in the east with Isla Aguada, the westernmost foothills of the Península El Palmar peninsula is connected. According to historical maps in the area of Isla Aguada was an island, but not Isla Aguada, but Puerto Real Puerto Real Iceland or Isla said.

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Mangroves in brackish water in the Laguna de Términos