Mar Menor

Mar Menor is a coastal salty lagoon in the Iberian Peninsula placed south-east of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, Spain, close to Cartagena. Four municipalities lie by way of the Mar Menor, Cartagena, Los Alcazares, San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar. With a floor vicinity of nearly 100 and 70 km², a coastal length of 70 km, and warm and clear water no greater than 7 metres in depth, it's far the most important lagoon in Spain. The lagoon is separated from the Mediterranean Sea with the aid of La Manga the sleeve, in Spanish, a sandbar 22 km in length whose width stages from 100 to 1,200 metres, with Cape Palos in its south-eastern vertex making for the lagoon's A is a shallow frame of water separated from a bigger body of water via barrier islands or reefs.

Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons. They have additionally been diagnosed as occurring on mixed-sand and gravel coastlines. There is an overlap among our bodies of water labeled as coastal lagoons and our bodies of water categorized as estuaries. Lagoons are common coastal functions around many elements of the arena. Roughly triangular shape. There are 5 islets located inside the lagoon, specifically Perdiguera islet, Mayor islet, Ciervo islet, Redonda islet and del Sujeto islet. Its distinctly high salinity, which aids flotation, and excellent carrying infrastructures makes it a popular region for a wide kind of water sports activities.