Kuialnyk Liman | lake, estuary

Ukraine / Odeska / Krasnosilka /
 lake, estuary

Kuialnyk Liman (Ukrainian: Куяльницький лиман, Crimean Tatar: Kuyanlık) is an estuary of the Velykyi Kuialnyk River, located on the northwestern shores of the Black Sea, near the city of Odesa.
The area of the estuary is 56–60 km², with a length of 28 km and a width of 3 km. Average depth is about 3 m.
The estuary is separated from the Black Sea by a broad sandbar 3 km in width.
The salinity of the estuary rages from 80 to 320‰.
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Coordinates:   46°40'30"N   30°40'30"E
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