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The Velykyi Kuialnyk ( uk, Великий Куяльник) or Bolshoy Kuyalnik (russian: Большой Куяльник) is a river in 
In the past, the Velykyi Kuialnyk was navigable and, together with the
Podilsk
Podilsk ( uk, Поді́льськ, ; ro, Bârzula or ), until May 2016 Kotovsk ( uk, Котовськ, Russian: Котовск) is a city in Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. Administratively, Podilsk is incorporated as a town of oblast signifi ...
and Berezivka Raion
Berezivka Raion ( uk, Березівський район) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Berezivka. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the n ...
of Odesa Oblast
Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administ ...
in Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
. Its mouth is the Kuialnyk Estuary of the Black Sea. The length of the river is , and the area of its drainage basin is . The urban-type settlements of Shyriaieve and Ivanivka are located on the banks of the Velykyi Kuialnyk.
In the past, the Velykyi Kuialnyk was navigable and, together with the Dniester
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and t ...
, was used to transport goods to the Black Sea, bypassing the cascades at the Dnieper River. In 2007-2008, illegal sand diggers built a dam in the mouth of the Velykyi Kuialnyk, so that the river does not empty to the sea anymore. The dam has never been demolished, leading to drying out of the estuary.
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{{Authority control Rivers of Odesa Oblast Tributaries of the Black Sea