Szczecin Lagoon Szczecin Lagoon Szczecin Lagoon, Stettin Lagoon, Bay of Szczecin, or Stettin Bay (, ), also Oder lagoon (), is a lagoon in the Oder estuary, shared by Germany and Poland. It is separated from the Pomeranian Bay of the Baltic Sea by the islands of Usedom and Wolin. The lagoon is subdivided into the "Kleines Haff" (, "small lagoon") in the West and the "Wielki Zalew" (, "great lagoon") in the East. An ambiguous historical German name was "Frisches Haff", which later exclusively referred to the Vistula Lagoon. From the South, the lagoon is fed by several arms of the
San Elijo Lagoon Rancho Santa Fe inland and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The Reserve encompasses an area of 915 acres. The lagoon is the terminus of the Escondido Creek watershed which covers an area of 54,112 acres. The water in the lagoon comes from the Escondido Creek watershed and the Pacific Ocean. The Reserve is managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, County of San Diego. and San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy. Within its 915 acres there are 6 plant communities; coastal strand, salt marsh, riparian scrub, coastal sage scrub, freshwater marsh, and mixed chaparral. There are more than 300