Dniester Estuary, or Dniester Liman ( uk, Дністровський лиман; ro, Limanul Nistrului) is a
liman, formed at the point where the river
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 ...
flows into the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
. It is located 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 ...
, in
Odessa 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 admin ...
, and connects
Budjak
Budjak or Budzhak ( Bulgarian and Ukrainian: Буджак; ro, Bugeac; Gagauz and Turkish: ''Bucak''), historically part of Bessarabia until 1812, is a historical region in Ukraine and Moldova. Lying along the Black Sea between the Danu ...
to the Ukrainian mainland. The city of
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ( uk, Бі́лгород-Дністро́вський, Bílhorod-Dnistróvskyy, ; ro, Cetatea Albă), historically known as Akkerman ( tr, Akkerman) or under different names, is a city, municipality and port situated on ...
lies on its western shore and
Ovidiopol
Ovidiopol ( uk, Ові́діополь; russian: Овидиополь; tr, Hacıdere) is a coastal urban-type settlement in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the eastern bank of Dniester Estuary directly across Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi an ...
on its eastern shore.
Shabo, situated downstream of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, is known for its wine. The estuary hosts the
Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Seaport.
The area of the liman varies between 360 and 408 km
2, it is 42.5 km long and has maximum width of 12 km. The average depth is 1.8 m, the maximum depth 2.7 m.
On the
spit separating the liman from the open Black Sea to the south is the resort town of
Zatoka. The only entirely Ukrainian road connecting to Budjak is the
H33 along the spit; to avoid the marshes at the northern end of the liman,
Highway M15 has to cross into
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistri ...
.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 2 May 2022, during
the invasion, a
Russian rocket strike hit a strategically important bridge on the estuary.
See also
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Berezan Estuary
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Tylihul Estuary
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Small Adzhalyk Estuary
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Khadzhibey Estuary
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Sukhyi Estuary
Sukhyi Estuary, or Sukhyi Lyman ( uk, Сухий лиман - dried estuary), is on open estuary in the north-western Black Sea, near the cities of Odesa and Chornomorsk, Ukraine.
In 1957 the estuary was connected to the sea via 14-m depth navigat ...
References
External links
Datasheet from www.wetlands.org (pdf file)*
1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - northern section*
1:100,000 topographic map of the liman - southern section
Estuaries of Ukraine
Estuaries of the Black Sea
Ramsar sites in Ukraine
Landforms of Odesa Oblast
Dniester
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