Condado Lagoon ( es, Laguna del Condado) is located in

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...

. It is an effluent body of water that flows freely between the Condado and Miramar neighborhoods of Santurce, a

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

of San Juan.

Background

Its tributary stream of water forms part of the

San Juan Bay San Juan Bay ( es, Bahía de San Juan) is the bay and main inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about in length, the largest body of water in an estuary of about of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons ...

Estuary. An estuary is a coastal area where fresh water from rivers and other inland water sources mixes with salt water from the ocean. The Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico is intersected by estuarine bodies of water, such as Condado Lagoon,

Martín Peña Channel The Martín Peña Channel (Spanish: ''Caño de Martín Peña'') is a body of water in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The similarly named Martín Peña is a neighbourhood, with informal housing, adjacent to the channel. The channel runs from San Juan B ...

, San José Lagoon and Piñones Lagoon, among others. The Cucharillas Marsh is another part of this

urban ecosystem In ecology, urban ecosystems are considered a ecosystem functional group within the intensive land-use biome. They are structurally complex ecosystems with highly heterogeneous and dynamic spatial structure that is created and maintained by huma ...

. Condado Lagoon empties into the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

through El Boquerón, an inlet spanned by the

Dos Hermanos Bridge The Dos Hermanos Bridge is a bridge in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It connects the sector of Condado with the entrance to Old San Juan, crossing over the Condado Lagoon. It was designed and built by brothers Hernan and Sosthenes Behn, and opened in Ju ...

through the San Antonio Creek. It is one of two natural lagoons in

. In late 2020, the Condado Ocean Club Hotel, overlooking the Condado Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, opened its doors.

Geography

* Area: * Average depth: * Maximum depth: * Salinity: 30% to 35%

Endangered species

Brown pelican The brown pelican (''Pelecanus occidentalis'') is a bird of the pelican family, Pelecanidae, one of three species found in the Americas and one of two that feed by diving into water. It is found on the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to the mout ...

''(Pelecanus occidentalis)'' *

Magnificent frigatebird The magnificent frigatebird (''Fregata magnificens'') is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae. With a length of and wingspan of it is the largest species of frigatebird. It occurs over tropical and subtropical waters off America, bet ...

''(Fregatta magnificens)'' *

Antillean manatee The West Indian manatee (''Trichechus manatus''), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal areas of the Caribbean, from the eastern US to northern Brazil. Living alone or in herds, it feeds on un ...

''(Trichechus manatus)''

Nearest beach

Condado Bridge Beach Playita del Condado is a beach located at the end of Ashford Avenue in Condado, Puerto Rico. Playita del Condado Playita del Condado is a beach near Condado Lagoon. It is near Miramar and Isla Grande Boulevard and a seven-minute drive fro ...

References

External links

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Lagos De Puerto Rico Parque Laguna del Condado
Official state website {{Protected areas of Puerto Rico Bodies of water of Puerto Rico Condado (Santurce) Miramar (Santurce) Geography of San Juan, Puerto Rico Lagoons of the United States