Small Adzhalyk Estuary | |
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View to marine part of the estuary | |
Small Adzhalyk Estuary | |
Location | Black Sea |
Coordinates | 46°37′25″N 31°01′09″E / 46.62361°N 31.01917°E / 46.62361; 31.01917 |
River sources | Malyi Adzhalyk |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Ukraine |
Max. length | 7.3 km (4.5 mi) |
Max. width | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
Surface area | 5.8 km (2.2 sq mi) |
Average depth | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
Max. depth | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
Water volume | 44×10 |
Salinity | 10-18 ‰ |
Settlements | Pivdenne |
The Small Adzhalyk Estuary or Hryhorivsky Estuary (Ukrainian: Малий Аджалицький лиман, Григорівський лиман, romanized: Malyi Adzhalytskyi lyman, Hryhorivskyi lyman; Russian: Малый Аджалыцкий лиман, Григорьевский лиман; Turkish: Küçük Adcalik liman) is a brackish water area in southern Ukraine, located 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Odesa. In the lower part (left bank) of the estuary, the Pivdennyi Port is located there. The estuary is connected with the sea by the navigation canal 3 km length and 14 m depth. The length of the estuary is about 12 km, width from 300 m in upper part to 1.3 km in lower part.
References
- Starushenko L.I., Bushuyev S.G. (2001) Prichernomorskiye limany Odeschiny i ih rybohoziaystvennoye znacheniye. Astroprint, Odesa, 151 pp. (in Russian)
- North-western Black Sea: biology and ecology, Eds.: Y.P. Zaitsev, B.G. Aleksandrov, G.G. Minicheva, Naukova Dumka, Kyiv, 2006, 701 pp.
See also
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