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The Banana River is a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 that lies between Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
 and Merritt Island
Merritt Island, Florida

Merritt Island is a census designated place in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. It is located on the east coast of the state on the Atlantic Ocean....
 in Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County is a County#United States located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon
Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon is a series of lagoons and inlets making up a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the U.S. state of Florida....
 system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River
Indian River (Florida)

The Indian River is a waterway in Florida, a part of the Indian River Lagoon system which forms the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends from the border between Brevard County, Florida and Volusia County, Florida Counties southward along the western shore of Merritt Island, picking up the Banana River on the island's south side, then...
; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway
Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800-km waterway along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are man-made canals....
. It also has an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 via a lock into Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral is a major cruise and cargo port located in Brevard County, Florida.Port Canaveral is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 1.3 million multi-day cruise passengers passing through during 2007....
. The lagoon includes salt marshes, mangrove
Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
 swamp
Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s, seagrass
Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants from one of four plant families , which grow in marine , fully-saline water environments....
 beds, drift algae
Algae

Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms. The largest and most complex marine forms are called seaweeds....
, oyster
Oyster

The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of bivalve mollusks, most of which live in marine habitats or brackish water....
 bars
Shoal

Things known as shoal, shoals or shoaling include:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping...
, tidal flats
Mudflat

Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers. They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries....
, and spoil islands, providing habitats
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for many marine
Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology....
 species. Commercial and recreational activities in the lagoon generate more than US$ 800 million
Million

One million , or one thousand 1000 , is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The name is derived from Italian, where mille was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became milione, "a large thousand"....
 annually for the local economy.








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The Banana River is a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 that lies between Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
 and Merritt Island
Merritt Island, Florida

Merritt Island is a census designated place in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. It is located on the east coast of the state on the Atlantic Ocean....
 in Brevard County, Florida
Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County is a County#United States located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon
Indian River Lagoon

The Indian River Lagoon is a series of lagoons and inlets making up a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the U.S. state of Florida....
 system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River
Indian River (Florida)

The Indian River is a waterway in Florida, a part of the Indian River Lagoon system which forms the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It extends from the border between Brevard County, Florida and Volusia County, Florida Counties southward along the western shore of Merritt Island, picking up the Banana River on the island's south side, then...
; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway
Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway is a 4,800-km waterway along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States. Some lengths consist of natural inlets, salt-water rivers, bays, and sounds; others are man-made canals....
. It also has an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 via a lock into Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral is a major cruise and cargo port located in Brevard County, Florida.Port Canaveral is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 1.3 million multi-day cruise passengers passing through during 2007....
. The lagoon includes salt marshes, mangrove
Mangrove

Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in saline water coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics. The word is used in at least three senses: most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage or mangal, for which the terms mangrove swamp and mangrove forest are also used, to refer to all trees and...
 swamp
Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s, seagrass
Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants from one of four plant families , which grow in marine , fully-saline water environments....
 beds, drift algae
Algae

Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms. The largest and most complex marine forms are called seaweeds....
, oyster
Oyster

The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of bivalve mollusks, most of which live in marine habitats or brackish water....
 bars
Shoal

Things known as shoal, shoals or shoaling include:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping...
, tidal flats
Mudflat

Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers. They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries....
, and spoil islands, providing habitats
Habitat (ecology)

A habitat is an ecological or Natural_environment area that is inhabited by a particular animal or plant species. It is the natural environment in which an organism lives, or the physical environment that surrounds a species population....
 for many marine
Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology....
 species. Commercial and recreational activities in the lagoon generate more than US$ 800 million
Million

One million , or one thousand 1000 , is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The name is derived from Italian, where mille was 1,000, and 1,000,000 became milione, "a large thousand"....
 annually for the local economy.

See also

  • Barge Canal (Florida)
    Barge Canal (Florida)

    The Merritt Island Barge Canal provides an east-to-west link between the Banana River Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon across northern Merritt Island, Florida....