Lagoa Mirim
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lake on the border of Brazil and Uruguay
Key facts
- Location
- Brazil and Uruguay
- Type
- estuarine lagoon
- Primary outflows
- São Gonçalo Channel
- Catchment area
- 47,756.3 km (18,438.8 mi )
- Max length
- 174 kilometres (108 mi)
- Max width
- 10 to 35 km (6 to 22 mi)
- Surface area
- 3,750 km (1,450 sq mi) to 3,899.7 km (1,505.7 mi )
- Average depth
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Water volume
- 23.4 km (5.6 cu mi)
- Surface elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
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Wikidata facts
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- outflows
- São Gonçalo Channel
- Commons category
- Lake Merin
- inflows
- Tacuarí River
- watershed area
- 62250
- vertical depth
- 12
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Encyclopedic overview
Fishermen at Lagoon Mirim Lagoon Mirim (Portuguese, pronounced [miˈɾĩ]) or Merín (Spanish, pronounced [meˈɾin]) is a large estuarine lagoon which extends from southern Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil into eastern Uruguay. Lagoa Mirim is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandy, partially barren isthmus.
The Jaguarão/Yaguarón, Tacuarí and Cebollatí Rivers empty into Lagoon Mirim, while the São Gonçalo Channel connects it with Lagoa dos Patos to the north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lagoa Mirim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.