Condado Lagoon

Condado Lagoon
Condado Lagoon
	Aerial view of Condado Lagoon
Location	Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Governing body	Department of Natural Resources

Condado Lagoon (Laguna del Condado in Spanish) is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is an affluent body of water that flows freely between the Condado and Miramar neighborhoods of Santurce, a sector of San Juan.

Background

Its tributary stream of water forms part of the San Juan Bay Estuary.^[1] An estuary is a coastal 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.^{[neutrality is disputed]} Condado Lagoon empties into the Atlantic Ocean through El Boquerón, an inlet spanned by the Dos Hermanos Bridge through the San Antonio Creek.^{[citation needed]} It is one of two natural lagoons in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^{[citation needed]}