Dniester Estuary
Dniester Estuary | |
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Location | Black Sea |
Coordinates | 46°14′N 30°21′E / 46.233°N 30.350°E |
River sources | Dniester |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Ukraine |
Max. length | 45.2 km (28.1 mi) |
Max. width | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Surface area | 360–408 km2 (139–158 sq mi) |
Average depth | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Max. depth | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
Water volume | 0.2 km3 (0.048 cu mi) |
Settlements | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ovidiopol, Shabo, Zatoka |
Official name | Northern Part of the Dniester Liman |
Designated | 23 November 1995 |
Reference no. | 765[1] |
Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman (Ukrainian: Дністровський лиман; Romanian: Limanul Nistrului) is a liman, formed at the point where the river Dniester flows into the Black Sea. It is located in Ukraine, in Odesa Oblast, and connects Budjak to the Ukrainian mainland. The city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi lies on its western shore and Ovidiopol on its eastern shore. Shabo, situated downstream of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, is known for its wine. The estuary hosts the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport.
The area of the liman varies between 360 and 408 km2, it is 42.5 km long and has maximum width of 12 km. The average depth is 1.8 m, the maximum depth 2.7 m.
On the spit separating the liman from the open Black Sea to the south is the resort town of Zatoka. The only entirely Ukrainian road connecting to Budjak is the H33 along the spit; to avoid the marshes at the northern end of the liman, Highway M15 has to cross into Moldova. The Dniester Liman is the closest open body of water to landlocked Moldova; only 3 km of Ukrainian territory separates Moldova from the Black Sea.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 2 May 2022, during the invasion, a Russian rocket strike hit Zatoka Bridge, a strategically important bridge over the estuary.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Northern Part of the Dniester Liman". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Russian rocket strike hits strategic bridge in southwest Ukraine - local authorities". Reuters. 2022-05-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
External links
- Datasheet from www.wetlands.org (pdf file)[permanent dead link]
- (in Russian) 1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - northern section
- (in Russian) 1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - southern section
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