Tam Giang–Cau Hai lagoon

Tam Giang–Cau Hai lagoon
Hệ đầm phá Tam Giang – Cầu Hai (Vietnamese)
Aerial photograph of the lagoon with Thuan An inlet
LocationThừa Thiên Huế province, Vietnam
Coordinates16°33′36″N 107°37′54″E / 16.559992°N 107.631788°E / 16.559992; 107.631788
Max. length70 kilometres (43 mi)
Surface area22,000 hectares (54,000 acres)
Average depth1–3 metres (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in)
Max. depth11 metres (36 ft)

The Tam Giang–Cau Hai lagoon (Vietnamese: Hệ đầm phá Tam Giang – Cầu Hai) is a coastal lagoon in Thua Thien Hue province, Central Vietnam. It has an area of 22,000 hectares of water surface and stretches nearly 70 kilometres, making it the largest lagoon system in Southeast Asia.[1][2]

The lagoon system comprises several smaller lagoons, namely: Tam Giang, Thanh Lam, Sam Chuon, Ha Trung, Thuy Tu and Cau Hai. It has two inlets connecting to the South Vietnam Sea: Thuan An (in the centre) and Tu Hien (in the south). The depth of the lagoon is generally 1–3 metres, with the deepest site close to Thuan An inlet up to 11 metres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Tan, Soon Keat; Huang, Zhenhua (2009). Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 148.
  2. ^ Lye, Lin Heng; Savage, Victor; Ofori, George (2010). Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia. World Scientific. p. 327.
  3. ^ Disperati, Leonardo; Virdis, Salvatore Gonario Pasquale (2015). "Assessment of land-use and land-cover changes from 1965 to 2014 in Tam Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon, central Vietnam". Applied Geography. 58: 48–64. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.012.
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