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Question : A salt-water lake separated from the sea by sandbars and spits is called a (an):

Option 1: lake

Option 2: glacier

Option 3: lagoon

Option 4: estuary


Team Careers360 4th Jan, 2024
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Correct Answer: lagoon


Solution : The correct answer is lagoon.

A lagoon is a tiny body of water that may have access to bigger bodies but is protected from it by a sandbar or coral reef. Two common types of lagoons are coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons. When an island submerges under the ocean, a ring of coral growing upward is left behind to create atoll lagoons. Lagoons near the coast form with a gentle slope. They are typically more isolated from the ocean by an island, reef, or sandbank and are shallower than atoll lagoons.

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