Water horizon
Wide sunsets.
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Lagoa dos Patos, the «Ducks' Lagoon», is a vast coastal lagoon in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, about 10,100 square kilometres in area, 290 kilometres long and up to 71 kilometres wide. It is the largest choked coastal lagoon in the world, the largest coastal lagoon in South America and the largest lagoon in Brazil. A sandbar about eight kilometres wide separates it from the Atlantic, home to the Lagoa do Peixe National Park. The Jacuí–Guaíba and Camaquã rivers flow into it, the navigable São Gonçalo Channel near Pelotas links it to Lagoa Mirim to the south, and it drains to the ocean at the city of Rio Grande. It is shallow and at sea level, affected by the tides, with mostly fresh water that turns brackish near its outlet. The lagoon is seen from shoreline towns such as São Lourenço do Sul and Tapes, from the ferry across its outlet between Rio Grande and São José do Norte, or on boat trips. Its sunsets over the vast water horizon are among the finest sights in southern Brazil.
Wide sunsets.
Across the outlet.
São Lourenço do Sul.
Rio Grande do Sul coast, between Porto Alegre and Rio Grande
About 10,100 square kilometres and 290 kilometres long, the largest lagoon in Brazil.