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Why is Chilika Lake considered a lagoon?

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Correct answer: It is a brackish water lake near the coast

A lagoon is a shallow coastal water body separated partly from the open sea by a sandbar, barrier island, spit, or similar coastal deposit. Because it remains connected with seawater or receives marine influence, its water is often brackish, meaning it contains more salt than freshwater but less than normal seawater. Chilika lies near the coast and has this characteristic coastal, brackish setting.

Option C is correct because it identifies both important clues: proximity to the sea and brackish water. A glacial lake forms through ice action in mountainous regions, a desert freshwater lake has a different origin and setting, and a volcanic crater lake occupies a volcanic depression. Those descriptions do not match Chilika. Its lagoon character is explained by coastal processes and partial separation from the sea, not by glaciers or volcanoes.

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