Mugu Lagoon

 ( Lagoons Of California ) 

Mugu Lagoon (; Chumash: Muwu, meaning "Beach")

is a salt marsh located within the Naval Base Ventura County at the foot of the Santa Monica Mountains in Ventura County, California. The lagoon extends for 4.3 miles parallel to a narrow barrier beach.Patrick, Ruth (1994). Rivers of the United States, Volume I: Estuaries. John Wiley & Sons. Page 126. .Lentz, Joan Easton (2006). Introduction to Birds of the Southern California Coast. University of California Press. Page 249. . The first European to come ashore here was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo on October 10, 1542. Cabrillo was the first European to visit present-day California, and he named the lagoon Mugu after Muwu, which is Chumash meaning "beach" or "seashore".Nichols, Gina (2011). The Navy at Point Mugu. Arcadia Publishing. Page 7. . When the Europeans first discovered the lagoon, it functioned as the capital village of the Chumash Indians settled around Point Mugu.Skaarup, Harold A. (2002). California Warbird Survivors 2002: A Handbook on Where to Find Them. iUniverse. Page 118. .

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Geography The Calleguas Creek, and its tributaries such as Arroyo Conejo and Arroyo Simi, discharges into the Pacific Ocean at its estuary in Mugu Lagoon.Warner, Richard E. and Kathleen M. Hendrix (1984). California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management. University of California Press. Page 682. . Historically, Calleguas Creek flood flows spread across the floodplain and the deposited sediment created the rich agricultural lands of the Oxnard Plain. With year-round agriculture in the floodplain, concrete channels and dirt levees have been built to contain the flow. This has delivered increased sediment to Mugu Lagoon and flooding during extreme rain events.

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