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Khadzhyder Lagoon

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Location
  
Basin countries
  
Max. width
  
2.5 km (1.6 mi)

Ocean/sea sources
  
Max. length
  
4 km (2.5 mi)

Ocean/sea source
  
Atlantic Ocean

Khadzhyder Lagoon

River sources
  
Khadzhyder River, Hlyboka River

Khadzhyder Lagoon (Ukrainian: Хаджидер, Romanian: Lacul Hagider) is a salty lagoon in the Tuzly Lagoons group in Tatarbunary Raion of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine. It is separated from the Alibey by a sandbar. Two river, Khadzhyder River and Hlyboka River, inflow into the lagoon. The last one inflows west to the village Bezymyanka, it has a length 24 km, watershed area 80.3 km². The lagoon has a 4 km length and 2.5 km width. Two villages, Lyman and Bezymyanka, are located on the coast of the lagoon.

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Map of Khadzhyder Lake, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

The lagoon was a part of the Alibey Lagoon in historical period, and appeared as a result of separation of the Khadzhyder River mouth by a sandbar. Several kurhans of Catacomb culture are located near the village of Lyman.

The water body is included to the Tuzly Lagoons National Nature Park.

HydronymEdit

«The valley of Hajji»

  • Hajj (Turkish: honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca), Hajj (Arabic: حج‎‎ hajj) is an Islamic pilgrimage.
  • Dere (Tatar: valley)
  • The name of the lagoon Khadzhyder on the historical maps:

  • 1877 — Romanian: L. Hadji Der.
  • References

    Khadzhyder Lagoon Wikipedia


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