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The Mar Menor is a natural salt water lagoon found in the Community of Murcia in Spain. The Mar Menor or little sea has a maximum depth of seven metres and due to it's high salt levels gives added buoyancy for swimming.
The Mar Menor is created by the presence of the La Manga Strip which is a 22Km long sandbar running from La Manga in the south to the salt flats near San Pedro del Pinatar at the northern end. There is one small break in the La Manga Strip of around 200m and it is this break that allows some circulation of water with the Mediterranean. Throughout the year the waters of the Mar Menor are typically five degrees centigrade warmer than the Mediterranean. File 6692.
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