Small Adzhalyk Estuary

46°37′25″N 31°01′09″E / 46.62361°N 31.01917°E / 46.62361; 31.01917River sourcesMalyi AdzhalykOcean/sea sourcesAtlantic OceanBasin countriesUkraineMax. length7.3 km (4.5 mi)Max. width1.2 km (0.75 mi)Surface area5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)Average depth7.7 m (25 ft)Max. depth14.5 m (48 ft)Water volume44×10^6 m3 (1.6×10^9 cu ft)Salinity10-18 ‰SettlementsYuzhne

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.

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