Lagoons of California explained

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 or less. After more than a century of severe ecological disruption,^[2] many of California's lagoons have been targeted for restoration, including San Elijo,^[3] Malibu,^[4] Colorado,^[5] and several others.

A–F

• Abbotts Lagoon
• Agua Hedionda Lagoon^[6]
• Aquatic Park (Berkeley)
• Batiquitos Lagoon
• Ballona Lagoon
• Belvedere Lagoon
• Big Lagoon (California)
• Bolinas Lagoon
• Bolsa Bay or Bolsa Chica or Bolsa Chica Lagoon
• Buena Vista Lagoon
• Colorado Lagoon
• Del Rey Lagoon
• Diablo Canyon or Diablo Canyon Lagoon
• Drakes Estero
• Elkhorn Slough
• Freshwater Lagoon
• Famosa Slough State Marine Conservation Area

G–O

• Goleta Slough
• Halcyon Lagoon
• Humboldt Bay
• Humboldt Lagoons State Park
• Las Flores or Las Flores Lagoon
• Lake Earl
• Lake Merritt
• Los Peñasquitos Lagoon
• Malibu Lagoon
• Mission Bay (San Diego)
• Morro Bay or Morro Bay Lagoon
• Moss Landing
• Mugu Lagoon
• Neary Lagoon
• Newport Bay or Newport Bay Lagoon or Upper Newport Bay State Marine Conservation Area
• Oxford Basin

P–Z

• Rodeo Lagoon
• San Mateo Lagoon
• Santa Margarita Marsh
• San Luis Rey or San Luis Rey Lagoon
• San Elijo Lagoon
• San Dieguito Lagoon or San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area
• San Diego Bay or San Diego Bay Lagoon
• San Elijo Lagoon
• Stone Lagoon
• Strawberry Lagoon
• Tijuana Lagoon^[7] or Tijuana River Estuary (see also Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge)
• Younger Lagoon Reserve

Notes and References

1. Book: Park, Chris C. . A dictionary of environment and conservation . 2017 . Michael Allaby . 978-0-19-182632-0 . 3rd . Oxford . 970401188.
2. News: Arancibia . Juan . 1985-11-07 . Endangered Species: Urbanization Threatens Wetland Havens for Migrating Birds . LWS18 . Los Angeles Times.
3. Web site: Nature Collective: A Look at the San Elijo Lagoon Restoration Project . 2023-04-17 . San Diego Chapter . 21 March 2023 . en-US.
4. Web site: Malibu Lagoon Restoration . 2023-04-17 . The Bay Foundation . en.
5. Web site: Colorado Lagoon Restoration . 2023-04-17 . www.longbeach.gov . en.
6. Homburg, Jeffrey & Douglass, John & Reddy, Seetha & Grenda, Donn & Ciolek-Torello, Richard & Altschul, Jeffrey. (2022). People in a Changing Land: The Archaeology and History of the Ballona in Los Angeles, California: Volume 1, Paleoenvironment and Culture History. Page 113 URL=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360474301_People_in_a_Changing_Land_The_Archaeology_and_History_of_the_Ballona_in_Los_Angeles_California_Volume_1_Paleoenvironment_and_Culture_History
7. Elwany . M. Hany S. . 2011 . Characteristics, Restoration, and Enhancement of Southern California Lagoons . Journal of Coastal Research . 59 . 246–255 . 10.2112/SI59-026.1 . 29783122 . 130968250 . 0749-0208.