Mahala Lagoon (, ) is a small salty
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') an ...
in the
Tuzly Lagoons
Tuzly Lagoons (, ) are a group of marine lagoons (liman (landform), limans) in southern Bessarabia (Budjak), Ukraine. The lagoons are part of the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park, proclaimed on January 1, 2010. The name of the lagoons originates ...
group, Ukraine. The total area is 76 ha. It is located west of the
Shahany Lagoon
Shahany Lagoon (, , ) is a salty lagoon on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast. The lagoon is in the complex of Tuzly Lagoons, connected with the Alibey Lagoon. The area of the water body is 70 km2, sa ...
, near the village of
Tryhatky,
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...
of
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 ...
. From the
Shahany Lagoon
Shahany Lagoon (, , ) is a salty lagoon on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast. The lagoon is in the complex of Tuzly Lagoons, connected with the Alibey Lagoon. The area of the water body is 70 km2, sa ...
it is separated by a
sandbar
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or ...
.
The name of the lagoon originates from
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
''mähallä'', from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy".
[Yanko M.P. (1998]
Топонімічний словник України: Словник-довідник.
Kyiv: Znannia, 432 с.
References
Sources
* Starushenko L.I., Bushuyev S.G. (2001) ''Prichernomorskiye limany Odeschiny i ih rybohoziaystvennoye znacheniye''. Astroprint, Odesa, 151 pp.
Tuzly Lagoons
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