Yalpuh ( uk, Озеро Ялпуг) is a freshwater

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

located in the southern

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of Odessa. The largest natural lake 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 inv ...

, it covers an area of 149 km², has an average depth of about two metres, a maximum depth of 5.5 metres and, at its southernmost point, adjoins Lake

Kugurluy Kuhurlui ( uk, озеро Кугурлуй) is a lake in the south-western Ukraine, in the south of Bessarabia. It is in complex of the Danube river delta A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition of sediment ...

. Its northern

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are in the

Bolhrad Raion Bolhrad Raion ( uk, Болградський район; ro, Raionul Bolgrad) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bolhrad. Population: On ...

. It borders the

Reni Raion Reni Raion ( uk, Ренійський район; ro, Raionul Reni) was a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast in south-western Ukraine, in the historic Budjak region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Reni. The raion was aboli ...

to its southwest and the

Izmail Raion Izmail Raion ( uk, Ізмаїльський район ; ; bg, Измаилски район; ro, Raionul Ismail) is a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. I ...

to its southeast. The largest town on Yalpuh's

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s is Bolhrad at its northernmost point. Larger villages include Vynohradivka to the north,

Kotlovyna Kotlovyna (until 1948: Bolboka; uk, Котловина; gag, Bolboka; ro, Bulboaca, formerly and ) is a Village#Slavic countries, selo in Izmail Raion of the southern Ukraine, Ukrainian oblast of Odesa Oblast, Odesa. It belongs to Reni urban ...

to the west and Ozerne on its southeastern

References

Landforms of Odesa Oblast Yalpuh Danube Delta {{Odessa-geo-stub