Sentence examples for by lagoon from inspiring English sources

The main question is whether there is congruence between water quality defined by environmental criteria on one hand and the social representations of these issues by lagoon users and local populations on the other hand?

SUNBATHERS LOUNGING BY a lagoon near Acapulco last spring rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

The narrow coastal zone is broken by lagoons, tidal channels, and mountain spurs.

20 mins walk Good for families and food Beautiful sand and shingle beach bordered by lagoons, heather and birdlife.

The plain, varying between 15 and 60 miles (25 to 100 km) wide, is characterized by lagoons and brackish, navigable backwater channels.

As islands were flooded, coral growth continued outward, producing barrier reefs farther from the shorelines and separated from them by lagoons.

The beautiful bay surrounded by lagoons and mountains on the northern coast of Honduras was where Christopher Columbus set foot on the American continent during his fourth voyage in 1502.

The triangular northern portion of the plain, which is characterized by lagoons and low-lying swampy areas, reaches a width of more than 100 miles (160 km) near the U.S. border but tapers toward the south.

Some atolls consist only of a lagoon, often with a fairly uniform depth, surrounded by a low-lying coral reef; some include one or more high, rocky volcanic islands, and others are complex, with small reefs surrounded by lagoons within a larger reef.

Alligators, sloths, capybaras and snakes are some of the unexpected visitors showing up at Olympic venues built in areas surrounded by lagoons and vegetation.

Living in India, I am used to seeing palm trees by lagoons bending against stone temples and plantain leaves peeping out of tropical homes with brick walls.