part of adjacent to composed primarily of lagoon SWEETRealm:Lagoon FTT:221 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon Geonames:H.LGN barrier lagoon EcoLexicon:lagoon laguna Geonames:H.LGNS A sheet of saline water separated from the open sea by sand or shingle banks. The sheet of water between an offshore reef, especially of coral and mainland. The sheet of water within a ring or horseshoe shaped atoll. TGN:21125 FTT:899 lagoons FTT:898 coastal wetland ecosystem shore saline water aquatic layer