Haff

This article covers a part of a sea. For further meanings see Haff (disambiguation) .

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Satellite image of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Pomeranian Bay

A lagoon is a brackish water area separated from the deeper main part of the sea by a spit or by offshore islands . The lagoon is one of the inner coastal waters .

Examples are:

• the Stettiner Haff with the rivers Oder and Peene
• the fresh lagoon with the rivers Nogat , Pregel (Прего́ля, Pregolja), Elbinger (Szkarpawa) and Königsberg Vistula (Wisła Królewiecka)
• the Curonian Lagoon with the Memel (Nemunas)
• In addition to the waters designated by name as the lagoon, the Pötenitzer Wiek is also geologically and ecologically considered a lagoon.

The salinity (salt content) of the large lagoon is extremely low because of the strong freshwater influx from rivers , only the small salt lagoon on the Wismar Bay is meso to polyhaline , which is the reason for its name.

Regionally, other terms are used for Haffe, including lagoon (e.g. Mediterranean area), Bodden (on the Baltic Sea), Noor ( Schleswig ), Nor (Denmark) or Liman (on the Black Sea).

See also

• Equalization Coast
• Fjord
• Fjord

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