Karachaus Lagoon ( uk, Карачаус, ro, Caraceauş) is a salty

lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...

in the

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, proclai ...

group in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast,

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. It was a part of the

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 Khadzh ...

in past, locating in its south-west part, near the village of Roylianka. Now it is separated from the

by the

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. The total area of the lagoon - 7.6 km². The water body is included to the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.

Sources

* Starushenko L.I., Bushuyev S.G. (2001) ''Prichernomorskiye limany Odeschiny i ih rybohoziaystvennoye znacheniye''. Astroprint, Odesa, 151 pp. Tuzly Lagoons {{BlackSea-stub