Dnieper Estuary

Dnieper Estuary
Dnieper Estuary
Satellite view of the Dnieper Estuary
Location Ukraine
Coordinates 46°34′N 31°57′E / 46.567°N 31.95°E / 46.567; 31.95Coordinates: 46°34′N 31°57′E / 46.567°N 31.95°E / 46.567; 31.95
Lake type estuary
Primary inflows Dnieper
Basin countries Ukraine
Max. length 55 km
Max. width 17 km
Average depth 6-7 m
Max. depth 12 m
Settlements Ochakiv

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).

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.


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