Location Ukraine Primary inflows Max. length 55 km (34 mi) Length 55 km Inflow source Dnieper | Type estuary Basin countries Ukraine Max. width 17 km (11 mi) Width 17 km Cities Ochakiv | |
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Dnieper Estuary, or Dnieper Liman (Ukrainian: Дніпровський лиман), is an open oligohaline estuary in the northern part of the Black Sea, in the southern Ukraine. Main port of the water body is Ochakiv. The estuary has 55 km long, 17 km wide. Average depth 6-7 m, maximal 12 m (Stanislav hole).
Map of Dnieper Estuary, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
The estuary is connected to the Black Sea by the 3.6-km wide strait (between Ochakiv Cape and Kinburn Split). Southern coast of the estuary is low, sandy; northern is mainly high (ip to 20-35 m).
The Dnieper estuary, together with the Bug Estuary, makes Dnieper-Bug Estuary.
References
Dnieper Estuary Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA