Negombo Lagoon is a large estuarine lagoon inGampaha District, south-west Sri Lanka.
The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers and a canal. It is linked to the sea by a narrow channel to the north, near Negombo town. It is surrounded by a densely populated region containing rice paddies, coconut plantations and grassland. The land is used for fishing andagriculture. The lagoon has extensive mangrove swampsand attracts a wide variety of water birds including cormorants, herons, egrets, gulls, terns and othershorebirds.
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