Mundel Lagoon

Mundel Lagoon lies behind the western coast of Lanka, its brackish waters linked by a channel to the larger Puttalam Lagoon to the north. Rice fields, coconut palms and scrub surround its shallow shores, while mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass grow in and beside the water. Herons, egrets, terns and other shorebirds gather in these wetlands, where the sheltered lagoon forms a distinct landscape from the open Indian Ocean beyond the coast.