lagoons

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Lagoons are formed by building a wall around a bay or on the coast to capture water when the tide comes in.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

Concept art for Cotino shows villas, condos, and housing complexes clustered around a 24-acre “grand oasis,” which Disney says will offer “clear turquoise waters” powered by the Crystal Lagoons technology deployed at its resorts.

From The Verge • Feb. 16, 2022

In The New York Times Book Review, the Italian author Carlo Beuf called the book “one of the most satisfactory and delightful works on the City of the Lagoons to appear in recent years.”

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2020

At the top of that “mission critical” list are water treatment facilities, like the Butte Treatment Lagoons.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2020

Lagoons existed now where once there had been barren land.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson