Chilia branch

( Chiliaarm )

The Danube Delta with the Kilijaarm

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The Kilijaarm (also Chiliaarm, Ukrainian Кілійське гирло / romanian Bratul Chilia ) is the northernmost tributary of the Danube into the Black Sea. Together with the two other arms mouth, the Sulinaarm and the Sfântu - Gheorghe arm, they form the Danube Delta.

Description

The Kilijaarm is the most water-rich estuary (60 % of the total amount of water flowing over the Kilijaarm into the Black Sea ). The arm 116 km long and has its own kilometer.

It forms the border between Romania (right bank ) and Ukraine (left bank ), name-giving is the Ukrainian city Kilija.

On the left bank of the Kilijaarmes are the major port cities of Ukraine Izmail (km 90), Kilija (km 47) and Wylkowe (km 19).

Gallery

Boating on the Kilijaarm