Condado Lagoon is an affluent body of water flowing freely between two neighborhoods of Santurce

Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Santurce is a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico.-Summary:Santurce is one of the top ten most populated areas of the island holding Miramar, Loíza, Isla Grande, Barrio Obrero, and Condado as main cultural hot spots for art, music, cuisine, fashion, hotels, technology, multimedia, film, textile and...

 (Condado and Miramar).

Background

Its tributary stream of water forms part of the San Juan Bay Estuary. An estuary is a costal 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, San José Lagoon and Piñones Lagoon. among others. The Cucharillas Marsh is another treasure of this complex urban ecosystem. Condado Lagoon empties into the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 through an inlet spanned by the Dos Hermanos Bridge through the San Antonio Creek.

It is one of two natural lagoons in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

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Physical description

• Area: 98.91 acres (400,274.9 m²)
• Average depth: 10 feet (3 m)
• Maximum depth: 36 feet (11 m)
• Salinity: 30% to 35%

Endangered species

• Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
• Magnificent frigatebird (Fregatta Magnificens)
• Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus)