The Small Adzhalyk Estuary or Hryhorivsky Estuary is a
brackish water
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuary ...
area in southern
Ukraine
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, located north-east of
Odesa
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. In the lower part (left bank) of the
estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime enviro ...
, the
Pivdennyi Port is located there. The estuary is connected with the sea by the navigation
canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...
3 km length and 14 m depth.
The length of the
estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime enviro ...
is about 12 km, width from 300 m in upper part to 1.3 km in lower part.
Notes and 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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Berezan Estuary
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Tylihul Estuary
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Khadzhibey Estuary
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Dniester Estuary
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Sukhyi Estuary
The Sukhyi Estuary, or Sukhyi Lyman (), is on open estuary in the north-western Black Sea, near the cities of Odesa and Chornomorsk, Ukraine.
In 1957 the estuary was connected to the sea via 14-m depth navigation canal, therefore the water body d ...
Estuaries of the Black Sea
Estuaries of Ukraine
Landforms of Odesa Oblast
Pivdenne urban hromada
Geography of Odesa Raion
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