The Kodyma () is a

right tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

of the

Southern Bug The Southern Bug, also called Southern Buh (; ; ; or just ), and sometimes Boh River (; ),

river of

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. Originating from springs in a boggy valley near the village of Budei ( :uk:Будеї),

Podilsk Raion Podilsk Raion (; ), known until 2015 as Kotovsk Raion (), is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Podilsk. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the numb ...

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...

, it flows within the Odesa Oblast and

Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv Oblast (, ), also referred to as Mykolaivshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv. At the most recent estimate, the population ...

and joins Southern Buh about 199 km away from its mouth, near Pervomaisk. Settlements by the river include Balta town, Holma village ( :uk:Гольма), Bobrik Pershy ("Bobrik the First", :uk:Бобрик Перший), and

Kryve Ozero Kryve Ozero (, ) is a Rural settlement in Pervomaisk Raion in the northwest of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryve Ozero settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The settlement is located on th ...

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("Crooked Lake").

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Rivers of Odesa Oblast {{Ukraine-river-stub nn:Kodyma