Tylihul Estuary

Liman

The Tylihul - Liman (Ukrainian Тилігульський лиман ) is a Liman in the south of Ukraine between the Odessa Oblast and the Mykolaiv Oblast and forms the mouth of the 168 km long river Tylihul in the Black Sea, at the Donská Balka ( Донська Балка ) in the Liman passes. The Liman, to a large part of a nature reserve.

A 7 km long and 4 km wide sand bar separates from the 17th - 18th century the Liman from the north coast of the Black Sea. A channel through these links the Liman with the Black Sea.

The Liman has a length of 60 km, covering an area of ​​135 km ² and ³ has a water volume of 0.61 km. Its width is up to 4.5 km. It has an average depth of 5 m and a maximum depth of 21 m.

Inflows

In addition to the Tylihul still leads the 46- km long Zareha (Ukrainian Царега ) north of the village Nowoswitliwka ( Новосвітлівка ) in the Liman. [Note 1]

Shore communities

On the banks of the Liman villages are Koblewe ( Коблеве ) Petriwka ( Петрівка ) Marjaniwka, ( Мар'янівка ) and Kaiiry ( Каїри ).

Conservation

On the east and west banks of the Liman are two regional landscape parks. The regional landscape park Tylihul ( Odessa Oblast ) and the regional landscape park Tylihul ( Mykolaiv Oblast ). The Tylihul - Liman since November 23, 1995, a major international, and worth protecting wetlands under the Ramsar Convention for the protection of wetlands.

Extension of the reg. Landscape parks Tylihul ( Mykolaiv Oblast )