The Cogâlnic (also Cogîlnic, Kogylnik, Kogîlnic, Kohylnyk, or Kunduk) is a 243 km river in
Moldova and south-western
Ukraine.
The Cogâlnic rises in the hills of
Nisporeni District in the
Codri region west of the Moldovan capital,
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the ...
. It flows through the cities of
Hîncești,
Cimișlia
Cimișlia () is a town located in the southern part of Moldova situated on the banks of the Cogâlnic River, between the capital of Chișinău and the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia ( ro, Găgăuzia). Cimişlia had a population of 11 ...
and
Basarabeasca
Basarabeasca (, Russian: Басарабяска; Bulgarian: Бесарабка, ''Besarabka'') is a city in Moldova. It is the capital of Basarabeasca District.
Geography
The city, formerly an urban-type settlement, is located on the border with ...
, and then into the
Budjak, past
Artsyz
Artsyz (, ; bg, Арциз ''Artsiz''; ; or ''Arsız''; or ''Arzis'') is a city and the administrative center of Artsyz municipality, Bolhrad Raion in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Population: In 2001, population was 16,370.
History
The city was fo ...
and into the Prichernomorskoy lowlands of the
Odessa Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Together with the
Sarata River
Sarata ( uk, Сарата, Sarata, ro, Sărata) is a river in Ukraine and Moldova, which discharges into the Sasyk Lagoon. The river originates in the territory of Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republ ...
it enters the
Sasyk Liman
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Sasyk, or Kunduk ( uk, Сасик, Кундук – transcribed as previous, ro, Limanul Sasic, Conduc, tr, Sasık Gölü, Kunduk Gölü), is a lagoon or liman in southern Ukraine, near the Danube Delta. It is a Ramsar listed wetland ...
and thence into the
Black Sea.
History
Johann Thunmann in his eighteenth century work described it:
:In warm months, there is a great shortage of water. Even the largest river in this area, the Kogylnik, then dries, and it is often due to lack of water that the livestock of the Tatars die from thirst. In the autumn, when the rainy season starts, there appear suddenly appear countless streams across the low country. All of the marshes are then covered with puddles. To overcome the water shortages suffered in the summer, one finds very deep wells have been dug everywhere. Among the Tatars, as in the east, digging wells has become an act of religion and honor.
[Thunmann, Johann ''Krymskoe Khanstvo'' (''Crimean Khanate'') published in Russian in 1991 by Tavria, in Simferopol]
OCLC 28138870
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Notes
References
*Brezianu, Andrei and Spânu, Vlad (eds.) (2007) "Cogâlnic/Kogâlnic" ''Historical Dictionary of Moldova'' (2nd ed.) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA, p. 92,
Rivers of Odesa Oblast
Rivers of Moldova
International rivers of Europe
Tributaries of the Black Sea
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