Mundal Lagoon ( si, මුන්දලම කලපුව, ta, முந்தல், Muntal) is a
lagoon in
Puttalam District
Puttalam is a district situated near to the west coast of Sri Lanka. It has an area of . Along with the Kurunegala District, it formulates the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. The district capital is Puttalam, which borders the Kala Oya and ...
, western
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The lagoon is sometimes referred to as Mundal Lake.
The lagoon is linked to
Puttalam Lagoon to the north by a
channel. The lagoon's water is
brackish.
The lagoon is surrounded by a region containing
rice paddies,
coconut
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plantations and
scrubland
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. The land is used for
prawn fishing and
rice cultivation.
The lagoon has
mangrove swamp
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s,
salt marshes
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and
sea grasses. The lagoon attracts a wide variety of
water birds including
herons,
egrets,
terns and other
shorebirds.
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{{Lagoons of Sri Lanka
Bodies of water of Puttalam District
Lagoons of Sri Lanka