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Tuzly Lagoons
Tuzly Lagoons ( ua, Тузловські лимани, ro, Limanele Tuzlei) 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 from the tr, Tuzlu, which means salty. The group includes three main lagoons: Shahany Lagoon, Shahany, Alibey Lagoon, Alibey, and Burnas, and also smaller lagoons: Solone Ozero, Khadzhyder Lagoon, Khadzhyder, Karachaus Lagoon, Karachaus, Budury Lagoon, Budury, Kurudiol Lagoon, Kurudiol, Martaza Lagoon, Martaza, Mahala Lagoon, Mahala, Malyi Sasyk Lagoon, Malyi Sasyk, and Dzhantshey Lagoon, Dzhantshey. The total area of the lagoons is 206 km2, depth 1.6–2.5 m, averaging 1.0–1.3 m. The lagoons are separated from the Black Sea by a 29-km long sandbar, which is 60–400 m wide and 1–3 m high. Notes and references Tuzly Lagoons, Saline lakes of Europe Lagoons of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alibey Lagoon
Alibey Lagoon ( uk, Алібей, ro, Limanul Alibei, tr, Alibey Gölü) is a salty lagoon (liman (landform), liman) on the Black Sea coast of Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. The lagoon is originated from the old mouth of the Khadzhyder River. The length of the lagoon is 15 km, width 11 km, area 72 km2. The depth is 2.5 m. The lagoon is separated from the sea by sandbar. It is connected through the Kurudiol Lagoon with the Burnas Lagoon on the south east, with the Karachaus Lagoon and Shahany Lagoon on the south west. Earlier, the Khadzhyder River inflowed to the lagoon, but now the river inflows to the Khadzhyder Lagoon, which separated from the Alibey Lagoon by dam. History Between 1840 and 1856, nearly 4 million tons of salt were extracted from the lake. Following the 1856 Treaty of Paris (1856), settled the Crimean War (1853-1856), Russia had to return to Moldova a strip of land from southwest Bessarabia (known as Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail). As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |